Maya Angelou on Truth Quotes

"I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back."

"The truth is that we are more alike than we are unalike."

"A wise woman wishes to be no one's enemy; a wise woman refuses to be anyone's victim."

"Truth is not always a matter of facts, but of heart."

"If one has courage, nothing can dim the light which shines from within."

"Seek for the truth and you will find it, but it may not be the truth you were looking for."

"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you."

"Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with shades of deeper meaning."

"A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song."

"You are the sum total of everything you've ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot - it's all there."

"I respect myself and insist upon it from everybody. And because I do it, I then respect everybody, too."

"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."

"Everything in the universe has a rhythm. Everything dances."

"I speak my own sins. I cannot speak any other man's."

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

"Truth is the only thing that will make you free."

"Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible."

"Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean."

"One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential."

"Tell the truth. To yourself first. And to the children."

"Whatever you want to do, if you want to be good at it, you have to love it and be able to make sacrifices for it."

"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."

"You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated."

"I believe that the most important single thing, beyond discipline and creativity, is daring to dare."

"We are only as blind as we want to be."

"History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again."

"Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently."

"If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be."

"When people show you who they are, believe them the first time."

"Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it."

"Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud."

"You can only become truly accomplished at something you love."

"The truth is, you cannot love a person unless you can respect him."