25 Maya Angelou Quotes About Love, Self-Love, Relationships, Marriage
1. "Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself." (Maya Angelou) Click to tweet
2. "I am grateful to have been loved and to be loved now and to be able to love." (Maya Angelou) Click to tweet
3. "I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver." (Maya Angelou) Click to tweet
4. "When we find someone who is brave, fun, intelligent, and loving, we have to thank the universe." (Maya Angelou) Click to tweet
5. "If i am not good to myself, how can i expect anyone else to be good to me?" (Maya Angelou) Click to tweet
6. "Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time." (Maya Angelou) Click to tweet
7. "Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time." (Maya Angelou) Click to tweet
8. "If you want to liberate someone, love them. Not be in love with them – that’s dangerous." (Maya Angelou) Click to tweet
9. "If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die." (Maya Angelou) Click to tweet
10. "My great hope is to laugh as much as i cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return." (Maya Angelou) Click to tweet
11. "It’s very hard for adults to maintain respect and romance so that a love affair can be sustained over years." (Maya Angelou) Click to tweet
12. "Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope." (Maya Angelou) Click to tweet
13. "Self-pity in its early stages is as snug as a feather mattress. Only when it hardens does it become uncomfortable." (Maya Angelou) Click to tweet
14. "It’s hard because people think they have something to lose and the truth is they have everything to gain in trying to love somebody." (Maya Angelou) Click to tweet
15. "Whatever you want to do, if you want to be great at it, you have to love it and be able to make sacrifices for it." (Maya Angelou) Click to tweet
16. "If you happen to fall in love with someone in another race, it’s more difficult, because you have to translate yourself." (Maya Angelou) Click to tweet
17. "You can’t forgive without loving. And i don’t mean sentimentality. I don’t mean mush. I mean having enough courage to stand up and say, ‘i forgive. I’m finished with it." (Maya Angelou) Click to tweet
18. "First best is falling in love. Second best is being in love. Least best is falling out of love. But any of it is better than never having been in love." (Maya Angelou) Click to tweet
19. "When people see the laughing face, even if they’re jealous of it, their burden is lightened. But do it first for yourself. Laugh and dare to try to love somebody, starting with yourself." (Maya Angelou) Click to tweet
20. "I believe that people want the scent of love, more than anything else. And i don’t mean sentimentality, i don’t mean mush. I mean that idea, that human beings are more alike than we are different." (Maya Angelou) Click to tweet
21. "Forgiveness. It’s one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody. You are relieved of carrying that burden of resentment. You really are lighter. You feel lighter. You just drop that." (Maya Angelou) Click to tweet
22. "What i really would like said about me is that i dared to love. By love, i mean that condition in the human spirit so profound it encourages us to develop courage and build bridges, and then to trust those bridges and cross the bridges in attempts to reach other human beings." (Maya Angelou) Click to tweet
23. "You can never be great at anything unless you love it. Not be in love with it, but love the thing, admire the thing. And it seems that if you love the thing, and you don’t just want to possess it, it will find you. But if you’re in love with the thing, it may run like hell away from you." (Maya Angelou) Click to tweet
24. "By love i don’t mean indulgence. I do not mean sentimentality. And in this instance, i don’t even mean romance. I mean that condition that allowed humans to dream of god. That condition that allowed the “dumb” to write spirituals and russian songs and irish lilts. That is love, and it’s so much larger than anything i can conceive." (Maya Angelou) Click to tweet
25. "I’m convinced that the negative has power. It lives. And if you allow it to perch in your house, in your mind, in your life, it can take you over. So when the rude or cruel thing is said – the lambasting, the gay bashing, the hate – i say, “take it all out of my house!” Those negative words climb into the woodwork and into the furniture, and the next thing you know they’ll be on my skin." (Maya Angelou) Click to tweet
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