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Maya Angelou Quotes

"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.""If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.""We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.""Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future, and renders the present inaccessible""Wouldn’t take nothing for my journey now""We need much less than we think we need""Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope""When you learn, teach, when you get, give""You alone are enough You have nothing to prove to anybody""I’ve learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision""Hope and fear cannot occupy the same space Invite one to stay""If you're always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be""Effective action is always unjust""Music was my refuge I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness""I respect myself and insist upon it from everybody And because I do it, I then respect everybody, too""I’ve learned that I still have a lot to learn""You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.""One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential""I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it""I've learned that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one"