Maya Angelou Quotes (113+)

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.

If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain.

You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise!

The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.

A woman's heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek Him just to find her.

Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.

What you're supposed to do when you don't like a thing is change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think about it. Don't complain.

Nothing can dim the light that shines from within

You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.

I've learned that making a 'living' is not the same thing as 'making a life'.

I don't trust people who don't love themselves and tell me, 'I love you.' ... There is an African saying which is: Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt.

Courage – you develop courage by doing small things like just as if you wouldn’t want to pick up a 100-pound weight without preparing yourself.