Maya Angelou Quotes

“There was a possibility that God really did love me, me Maya Angelou. I suddenly began to cry at the gravity and grandeur of it all. I knew that if God loved me, then I could do wonderful things, I could try great things, learn anything, achieve anything. For what could stand against me, since one person, with God, constitutes the majority?”

″ Be present in all things and thankful for all things.”

“Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.”

“Love liberates... she liberated me to life.”

″ I do my best because I am counting on you counting on me.”

″ If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love. Don’t be surly at home, then go out in the street and start grinning ‘Good Morning’ at total strangers.”

″ In all the world, there is no heart for me like yours. In all the world, there is no love for you like mine.”

″ Do the best you can, until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.”

“My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.”

″ People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”

“My mother is so full of joy and life. I am her child, and that is better than being the child of anyone else.

“Each of us has lived through some devastation, some loneliness, some weather superstorm or spiritual superstorm. When we look at each other we must say, I understand. I understand how you feel because I have been there myself. We must support each other because each of us is more alike then we are unalike. ”