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. Maya Angelou View this quote
When a person is going through hell, and she encounters someone who went through hellish hell and survived, then she can say, ‘Mine is not so bad as all that. She came through, and so can I.’ Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou
When I forgive other people, I let them go, I free them from my ignorance. And as soon as I do, I feel lighter, brighter and better. Maya Angelou
When I look back, I am so impressed again with the life-giving power of literature. Maya Angelou
When I’m writing, I am trying to find out who I am, who we are, what we’re capable of, how we feel, how we lose and stand up, and go on from darkness into darkness. Maya Angelou
When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time. Maya Angelou
When the human race neglects its weaker members, when the family neglects its weakest one – it’s the first blow in a suicidal movement. Maya Angelou
When was the last time anyone ever told you how important you are? Maya Angelou
When women take care of their health they become their own best friend. Maya Angelou
Whenever I’m around some who is modest, I think, ‘run like hell and all of fire’. You don’t want modesty, you want humility. Maya Angelou
Whenever something went wrong when I was young – if I had a pimple or if my hair broke – my mom would say, ‘Sister mine, I’m going to make you some soup.’ And I really thought the soup would make my pimple go away or my hair stronger. Maya Angelou
American poet and author
April 4th, 1928 - May 28th, 2014
