I leave you the best phrases of Maya Angelou (1928-2014), poet, novelist, civil rights activist, actress and singer, screenwriter and director of American cinema. In addition to all this, she was a feminist who transmitted inspiration in her poems.
You may also be interested in these phrases of hope or these positive ones.
-A bird does not sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.
-We need much less than we think we need.
-Every person deserves a day in which problems are not confronted, in which solutions are not sought.
-You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.
-Courage is the most important of all virtues because without courage, you cannot practice any other virtue consistently.
-If one is lucky, a lonely fantasy can totally transform a million realities.
-A person is the product of their dreams. So be sure to dream big dreams. And then try to live your dream.
-There is no greater pain than carrying an untold story within you.
-We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes that it has gone through to achieve that beauty.
-Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.
-Be brave enough to trust love one more time and always one more time.
-Ask for what you want and prepare for it.
-No matter what happens, life goes on, and it will be better tomorrow.
-There is a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure the truth.
-We can find many defeats but we must not be defeated.
-Ask what you want and get ready for it.
-I've learned that even when I'm in pain, I don't have to be one.
-Nothing will work until you do.
-The desire to reach the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.
-Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.
-If you do not like something, change it. If you can not change it, then change your attitude.
-Having courage does not mean not being afraid. Having and showing courage means facing our fears.
-People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget what you made them feel.
-A friend may be waiting behind the face of a stranger.
-Live as if life was created for you.
-All great achievements take time.
-Never make someone a priority when everything you are to them is an option.
-If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.
-Everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances.
-Survival is important. Fighting is elegant.
-The more you know about your story, the more liberated you are.
-We spend precious hours fearing the inevitable. It would be wise to use that time worshiping our families, appreciating our friends, and living our lives.
-My great hope is to laugh as much as cry; do my job and try to love someone and have the courage to accept love back.
-When we give with joy and accept with gratitude, the whole world is blessed.
-I hope you can wish for more than you can achieve.
-If one is lucky, a fantasy can totally transform a million realities.
-Love does not recognize barriers. Jump obstacles, go and penetrate walls to reach their destinations full of hope.
-Women should be tough, tender, laugh as much as possible, and live a long life.
-I don't trust anyone who doesn't laugh.
-I've learned that I still have much to learn.
-The best candy store that a child can be dropped off at is the bookstore.
-Life is pure adventure and the sooner we realize it, the faster we will be able to treat life as an art.
-Anything that works against you can also work for you once you understand the reversal principle.
-When you learn, teach, when you receive, give.
-As soon as the healing takes place, go outside and heal someone else.
-You can only become great in something in which you are willing to sacrifice.
-Making the decision to write was very similar to the decision to jump into a frozen lake.
-Talent is like electricity. We don't understand electricity. We use it.
-My mission in life is not only to survive, but to prosper; and do it with a little passion, a little compassion, a little humor and a little flair.
-Love life. Participate in it. Give everything you have. Love her with passion because life returns, for many times, what you put into it.
-There is a fine line between loving life and being greedy for it.
-Segregation formed me; education freed me.
-Growing up is to stop blaming the parents.
-Any book that helps a child to form the habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuous needs, is good for it.
-The most important thing in the private world is to try to laugh as much as to cry.
-I am overwhelmed by the grace and persistence of my people.
-There is no agony like carrying an untold story inside you.
-We are all humans; therefore, nothing human can be alien to us.
-If we lose love and respect for others, this is how we finally die.
-I have found that among other benefits, giving frees the soul of the one who gives.
-Faith is the evidence of the occult.
-Life is going to give you just what you put into it. Put all your heart in everything you do and pray, then you can wait.
-The woman who survives intact and happy must be both tender and tough.
-The achievement brings its own anticlimax.
-The needs of a society determine its ethics.
-I hope you always find a reason to smile.
- Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and makes the present inaccessible.
-We are only as blind as we want to be.
-When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.
-The things that have happened to me may change me, but I refuse to let them reduce me.
-I love to see young girls go out and take the world by the collar of the shirt. Life can be bad sometimes. You have to go out and kick butt.
-I don't trust people who don't love themselves and tell me "I love you." There is an old African saying that goes like this: Be careful of the naked person who offers you a t-shirt.
-Music was my refuge. I could get into the space between the notes and snuggle up in solitude.
-I did what I knew how to do. Now that I know more, I can also do better things.
-Beautiful women wonder where my secret lies. I am not pretty nor do I have the physique that people like in the modeling world.
-I'm a woman. Phenomenal. I am a phenomenal woman. That's me.
-You can only achieve true achievements in the things you love.
-Don't make money your goal. Instead, go after the things you love to do and do them so well that people can't look away.
-The heart of a woman must be hidden in God so that the man has to seek Him before finding her.
-It is necessary to face defeat so that you can know who you are, what you are capable of overcoming and so that you can see that you can get out of it.
-You are enough. You don't have to prove anything to anyone.
-If I'm not good to myself, how can I expect others to be good to me?
-Starting a new path is difficult, but it is no more difficult than staying in a situation that does not bring you anything.
-You can shoot me with your words, you can cut me with your eyes, you can kill me with your hatred, but just like the air, I will rise!
- Bitterness is like a cancer, it eats the host. But anger is like a fire, it burns everything.
-Most people do not mature. Most just get old. They find parking spots, honor their credit cards, get married, have children, and call that "maturity." Actually, it's just getting old.
What I've learned is to forgive myself. It is important that every human being learns to forgive himself because if you live, you will make mistakes. It is unavoidable. But once you've seen the mistake, you must forgive yourself.
-Expect for the best, be prepared for the worst, and don't be surprised by anything that happens in between.
-Nothing can dull the light that shines from within.
-There were people who went to sleep last night, poor, rich, black and white, but they will never wake up again.
-Be careful not to complain.
-Let gratitude be the pillow you kneel on to say your prayers at night. Let faith be the bridge you build to overcome evil and welcome good.
-Hatred has caused many problems in the world but has not solved any yet.
-If you only have a smile, give it to the people you love. Don't stay home, go outside and smile and say hello to strangers.
-I have learned that no matter what relationship you have with your parents, you will miss them when they are no longer in your life.
-Let's tell people the truth. When someone asks us "how are you?" let us have the courage to answer honestly.
-When I look back, I am impressed by the power of literature. If I were young now and tried to make sense of my life, I would do it through reading, just as I did when I was young.
-I stay with the love of my family.
-Be present in all things and be grateful for all things.
-When we find someone who is brave, cheerful, intelligent and kind, we have to thank the universe.
-The problem with people who hate is that they see my glory, but they don't know my story.
-The words mean more than what is seen on paper. It takes a human voice to give them the shadows of deeper meanings.
-You can't exhaust creativity. The more you use it, the more you have.
-A woman in harmony with her spirit is like a flowing river. She goes where she wants without pretense and arrives at her destination ready to be her and only her.
-It is time for parents to teach children that in diversity there is beauty and strength.
-I have learned that when I decide something with an open heart, it is usually the right decision.
-I think the most important thing, in addition to discipline and creativity, is to dare to dare.
-We have accumulated years in our bodies and in our faces, but in general, our true selves, the child within us, is as innocent and shy as a magnolia.
-To those who have renounced love, I say: trust life a little.
-I want to thank you, Lord, for life and all that is in it. Thanks for the day, hour, and minute.
-I have learned that you should not walk through life with a catcher's glove on both hands. You have to be able to throw things.
-In all the world, there is no heart for me like yours. In all the world, there is no love for you like mine.
-Every person needs a day in which they can consciously separate the past from the future.
-Some people cannot see good things even if they are right there. Others may feel good things coming, even if they are days, months, or miles apart.
-Living well is an art that can be developed.
-Success is loving life and learning to live it.
-No one can take the place of a friend, nobody.
-When you wish someone joy, you wish them peace, love, prosperity, happiness, all good things.
-Love is like a virus. It can happen to anyone.
-The idea is to write in such a way that people hear it, it goes through their brain and goes straight to their heart.