Maya Angelou on Wisdom Quotes

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

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

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

"I am convinced that most people do not grow up."

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

"When you learn, teach, when you get, give."

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"We need much less than we think we need."

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

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

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

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

"Seek a good mind, rather than a good body. For a good mind possesses all things."

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

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

"Life loves the liver of it."

"I am a human being, nothing human can be alien to me."

"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."

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

"The best part of life is not just surviving, but thriving with passion and compassion."

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

"I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver."

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

"Determine to live life with flair and laughter."

"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."