![]() “No one can take the place of a friend, no one.” ~ Maya Angelou “A friend may be waiting behind a stranger’s face.” ~ Maya Angelou “When you have an attitude of gratitude you wake up saying thank you.” ~ Maya Angelou “People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” ~ Maya Angelou “Be present in all things, and thankful for all things.” ~ Maya Angelou “If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.” ~ Maya Angelou I must have done something great in another life.” ~ Maya Angelou “You alone are enough, you have nothing to prove to anybody.” ~ Maya Angelou Yet, it is only love which sets us free.” ~ Maya Angelou And suddenly we see that love costs all we are and will ever be. “In a flush of love’s light we dare be brave. “When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.” ~ Maya Angelou “Women should be tough, tender, laugh as much as possible, and live long lives.” ~ Maya Angelou “Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option.” ~ Maya Angelou We need each other as we need the earth we share.” ~ Maya Angelou “A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.” ~ Maya Angelou She goes where she will without pretense and arrives at her destination prepared to be herself and only herself.” ~ Maya Angelou “A woman in harmony with her spirit is like a river flowing. “Try to be a rainbow in someone else’s cloud.” ~ Maya Angelou “Forgive yourself for not knowing what you didn’t know before you learned it.” ~ Maya Angelou “My mother raised me, and then freed me.” ~ Maya Angelou “I learned a long time ago the wisest thing I can do is be on my own side.” ~ Maya Angelou “Nothing can dim the light that shines from within.” ~ Maya Angelou “To those who have given up on love, I say, ‘Trust life a little bit.’” “Nothing will work unless you do.” ~ Maya Angelou Continue to be who and how you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness.” ~ Maya Angelou “We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.” ~ Maya Angelou “I do not trust people who don’t love themselves, and yet tell me, ‘I love you.’ There is an African saying which is: be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt.” ~ Maya Angelou “You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated.” ~ Maya Angelou Instead, pursue the things you love doing, and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off you.” ~ Maya Angelou “You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. And let faith be the bridge you build to overcome evil and welcome good.” ~ Maya Angelou “Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer. I’ve never seen this one before.” ~ Maya Angelou “Most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise.” ~ Maya Angelou “Gratitude turns what we have into enough.” ~ Maya Angelou “Determine to live life with flair and laughter.” ~ Maya Angelou I ask forgiveness of anyone whose feelings I may have hurt. “We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter what their color.” ~ Maya Angelou The more you use, the more you have.” ~ Maya Angelou “In order to be a friend you have to be a friend.” ~ Maya Angelou People love a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back.” ~ Maya Angelou “I’ve learned that every day you should reach out and touch someone. Or the climbing falling colors of a rainbow.” ~ Maya Angelou ![]() “To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power. “If we accept being talked to in any kind of way, then we are telling ourselves we are not quite worth the best.” ~ Maya Angelou “The quality of strength lined with tenderness is an unbeatable combination.” ~ Maya Angelou “The most called upon prerequisite of a friend is an accessible ear.” ~ Maya Angelou “Stand up straight and realize who you are, that you tower over your circumstances.” ~ Maya Angelou “History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.” ~ Maya Angelou “Home is a refuge, not only from the world but a refuge from my worries, my terrible concerns.” ~ Maya Angelou Her accomplishments garnered numerous accolades and over 50 honorary degrees. Maya Angelou, an American writer known for her memoirs, poetry, and contributions to civil rights, authored seven autobiographies, three essay collections, multiple volumes of poetry, and is recognized for her involvement in various plays, films, and TV programs across a span of half a century.
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