Quotes: Maya Angelou

"Because of the routines we follow, we often forget that life is an ongoing adventure ... and the sooner we realize that, the quicker we will be able to treat life as art: to bring all our energies to each encounter, to remain flexible enough to notice and admit when what we expected to happen did not happen. We need to remember that we are created creative and can invent new scenarios as frequently as they are needed." 

–– Maya Angelou (1928-2014), American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist 

Source: Nitch on Instagram, Friday July 5, 2024

Women's quotes: Maya Angelou

"If you're going to live, leave a legacy. Make a mark on the world that can't be erased."

–– Maya Angelou (1928-2014), American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist 

Quotes: Maya Angelou

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

–– Maya Angelou (1928-2014), American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist 

Quotes: Maya Angelou

"The need for change bulldozed a road down the center of my mind." 

–– Maya Angelou (1928-2014), American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist 

via: Sketchbook 27, 2015, p. 104. 

Quotes: Maya Angelou

"You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have." 

–– Maya Angelou (1928-2014), American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist 

via: Sketchbook 21, 2013, p. 34

Quotes: Maya Angelou

"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 (1928-2014), American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist 

via: Sketchbook 17, 2012, p. 100

Black History quotes: Maya Angelou

"I don't trust people who don't love themselves and tell me, 'I love you.' ... There is an African saying which is: Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt." 

–– Maya Angelou (1928-2014), American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist