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Maya Angelou

American poet and memoirist, author of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969). Recited On the Pulse of Morning at President Clinton's 1993 inauguration; lived 1928–2014.

5 quotes

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.
Maya Angelouart
You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.
Maya Angelouart
You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.
Maya Angeloupsychology
You did in your twenties what you knew how to do, and when you knew better you did better.
Maya Angeloupsychology
Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.
Maya Angelouspirituality

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

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

You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.

You did in your twenties what you knew how to do, and when you knew better you did better.

Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.