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Along with some Maya Angelou hairstyles we would like to also list some quotes from this “Phenomenal Woman”.

Maya Angelou was an amazing African American woman who has many notable accomplishments, one of them being the book “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” released in 1969.

Maya died at the age of 86 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

April 4th 1928 – May 28th 2014

“Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can’t practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.”

– Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou Quotes

If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.

I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and more intelligent than college professors.

Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.

When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.

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.’



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