If you have a song to sing, who are you not to open your mouth and sing to the world? Maya Angelou More Quotes by Maya Angelou More Quotes From Maya Angelou 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. Maya Angelou trustinspirationallove Don't hesitate to learn the most painful aspects of our history, understand it. Maya Angelou aspectpainful You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies. You may trod me in the very dirt, but still like dust, I'll rise. Maya Angelou hopesuccesshappiness Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean. Maya Angelou cancerangerlife Everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances. Maya Angelou earth-daymusicdance Women should be tough, tender, laugh as much as possible, and live long lives. The struggle for equality continues unabated, and the woman warrior who is armed with wit and courage will be among the first to celebrate victory. Maya Angelou warriorstrugglewitty The question is not how to survive, but how to thrive with passion, compassion, humor and style. Maya Angelou passionsuccesslife Love liberates. Love - not sentimentality, not mush - but true love gives you enough courage that you can say to somebody, "Don't do that, baby." And the person will know you're not preaching but teaching. Maya Angelou teachingbabygiving Remember this: When you cross my doorstep, you have already been raised. With what you have learned...you know the difference between right and wrong. Do right. Don't anybody raise you from the way you have been raised. Know you will have to make adaptations, in love, in relationships, in friends, in society, in work, but don't let anybody change your mind. Maya Angelou differencesmindinspirational A great soul serves everyone all the time. A great soul never dies. It brings us together again and again. Maya Angelou together-againcondolencessympathy I learned a long time ago the wisest thing I can do is be on my own side, be an advocate for myself and others like me. Maya Angelou life-changingsideslong All knowledge is spendable currency, depending on the market. Maya Angelou currencylife You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them. Maya Angelou positiveinspirationallife The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned. Maya Angelou life-changingacceptancehome I am a woman phenomenally, phenomenal woman that is your grandmother, that is your mother, that is your sister, that is you and that is me. Maya Angelou phenomenal-womangrandmothermother I come as one, but stand as 10,000. Maya Angelou Loving someone liberates the lover as well as the beloved. And that kind of love comes with age. Maya Angelou loving-someoneloversage I'm grateful to intelligent people. That doesn't mean educated. That doesn't mean intellectual. I mean really intelligent. What black old people used to call 'mother wit' means intelligence that you had in your mother's womb. That's what you rely on. You know what's right to do. Maya Angelou gratefulmotherlife The most important thing is to DARE. Maya Angelou important-thingsdareimportant I think we all have empathy. We may not have enough courage to display it. Maya Angelou generositycouragethinking
