Maya Angelou

“If you’re always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.”

― Maya Angelou

 

“‎The desire to reach the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise and most possible.”

― Maya Angelou

 

“Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.”

― Maya Angelou

 

“I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life’s a bitch. You’ve got to go out and kick ass.”

― Maya Angelou

 

“Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.”

― Maya Angelou

 

“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.”

― Maya Angelou

 

“I’m convinced of this: Good done anywhere is good done everywhere. For a change, start by speaking to people rather than walking by them like they’re stones that don’t matter. As long as you’re breathing, it’s never too late to do some good.”

― Maya Angelou

 

“Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends.”

― Maya Angelou

 

“Hate, it has caused a lot of problems in the world, but has not solved one yet.”

― Maya Angelou

 

“I am grateful to be a woman. I must have done something great in another life.”

― Maya Angelou

 

“Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.”

― Maya Angelou

 

“No matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.”

― Maya Angelou