Maya Angelou Zitate

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„Ich habe die Erfahrung gemacht, dass Menschen vergessen, was du gesagt und was du getan hast. Sie vergessen aber nie, wie sie sich bei dir gefühlt haben.“

„Wir staunen über die Schönheit eines Schmetterlings, aber erkennen die Veränderungen so selten an, durch die er gehen musste, um so schön zu werden.“

„Ich vertraue Menschen nicht, die sich selbst nicht lieben, aber mir sagen: „Ich liebe Dich.“ Es gibt einen alten afrikanischen Spruch: Sei vorsichtig, wenn ein nackter Mensch Dir ein T-Shirt anbietet.“

„Es gibt keine größere Qual, als eine unerzählte Geschichte in Dir herumzutragen.“

„Versuche, ein Regenbogen in den Wolken eines anderen zu sein.“

„Ich habe gelernt, dass die Leute vergessen, was Sie gesagt haben, die Leute vergessen, was Sie getan haben, aber nie vergessen, wie sie sich bei Ihnen fühlten.“

„Ich traue Menschen nicht, die sich nicht mögen und sage zu mir: "Ich mag dich."“

„Deine Kreativität kannst Du nie aufbrauchen. Je mehr Du sie benutzt, desto kreativer bist Du.“

„Du kannst nicht alle Ereignisse kontrollieren, die Dir wiederfahren. Aber Du kannst entscheiden, Dich nicht von ihnen einschränken zu lassen.“

„Es gibt keine größere Qual, als eine unerzählte Geschichte in Dir herumzutragen.“

„Courage ist der wichtigste aller Werte, denn ohne ihn kannst Du auch alle anderen nicht konsequent leben.“

„Wenn Du etwas nicht magst, ändere es. Wenn Du es nicht ändern kannst, ändere Deine Einstellung. Beschwere Dich nicht.“

„Erfolgreich zu sein bedeutet, Dich zu mögen; zu mögen, was Du tust und zu mögen, wie Du es tust.“

„Eines der größten Geschenke, die Du Dir selbst machen kannst: vergeben. Vergib jedem.“

„Wenn du immer versuchst normal zu sein, wirst du niemals erfahren, wie besonders du sein kannst.“

„Mache niemanden zu Deiner Priorität, für den Du nur eine Option bist.“

„Wenn Du etwas nicht magst, ändere es. Wenn Du es nicht ändern kannst, ändere Deine Einstellung. Beschwere Dich nicht.“

“Self-pity in its early stages is as snug as a feather mattress. Only when it hardens does it become uncomfortable.”

“The woman who survives intact and happy must be at once tender and tough.”

“We need to remember that we are all created creative and can invent new scenarios as frequently as they are needed.”

“The world had taken a deep breath and was having doubts about continuing to revolve.”

“Hope for the best, be prepared for the worse. Life is shocking, but you must never appear to be shocked. For no matter how bad it is it could be worse and no matter how good it is it could be better.”

“In all the institutions I try to be present and accountable for all I do and leave undone. I know that eventually I shall have to be present and accountable n the presence of God. I do not wish to be found wanting.”

“Does my sexiness upset you?
Does it come as a surprise
That I dance like I've got diamonds
At the meeting of my thighs?”

“When things were very bad his soul just crawled behind his heart and curled up and went to sleep”

“I know that I'm not the easiest person to live with. The challenge I put on myself is so great that the person I live with feels himself challenged. I bring a lot to bear, and I don't know how not to.”

“The sadness of the women's movement is that they don't allow the necessity of love. See, I don't personally trust any revolution where love is not allowed.”

“Determine to live life with flair and laughter.”

“You should never make someone a priority who views you as an option.”

“If funkytown was a trailerpark, this guy would be a double-wide.”

“I had given up some youth for knowledge, but my gain was more valuable than the loss”

“We are only as blind as we want to be.”

“Life likes to be taken by the lapel and told, "I'm with you kid. Let's go!”

“The intensity with which young people live demands that they "blank out" as often as possible.”

“He was a simple man who had no inferiority complex about his lack of education, and even more amazing no superiority complex because he had succeeded despite that lack.”

“I will look after you and I will look after anybody you say needs to be looked after, any way you say. I am here. I brought my whole self to you. I am your mother.”

“You can only become great at something you are willing to sacrifice for”

“If I insist on being pessimistic, there is always tomorrow. Today I am blessed.”

“To grow up is to stop putting blame on parents”

“Since time is the one immaterial object which we cannot influence—neither speed up nor slow down, add to nor diminish—it is an imponderably valuable gift.”

“You dwell in whitened castles
with deep and poisoned moats
and cannot hear the curses
which fill your children's throats.”

“I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.”

“There are some nights when
sleep plays coy,
aloof and disdainful.
And all the wiles
that I employ to win
its service to my side
are useless as wounded pride,
and much more painful.”

“I find relief from the questions only when I concede that I am not obliged to know everything. I remind myself it is sufficient to know what I know, and that what I know, may not always be true.”

“In all my work what I try to say is that as human beings we are more alike than we are unalike.”

“You only are free when you realize you belong no place — you belong every place — no place at all.”