MAYA ANGELOU QUOTES ABOUT FRIENDSHIP

“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.”

“The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it.”

“A friend may be waiting behind a stranger’s face.”

“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, ‘What! You too? I thought I was the only one.'”

“I don’t trust people who don’t love themselves and tell me, ‘I love you.’ … There is an African saying which is: Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt.”

“If you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love.”

“A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.”

“I’ve learned that every day you should reach out and touch someone. People love a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back.”

“A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, and still, gently allows you to grow.”

“I sustain myself with the love of family.”

“You don’t make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas.”

“Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.”

“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.”

“A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.”

“You are the sum total of everything you’ve ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot – it’s all there. Everything influences each of us, and because of that, I try to make sure that my experiences are positive.” QUOTES MAKE UP

“I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life’s a bitch. You’ve got to go out and kick ass.”

“Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with shades of deeper meaning.”

“The best conversations with mothers always take place in silence, when only the heart speaks.”

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

“I’ve learned that you shouldn’t go through life with a catcher’s mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back.”

“I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. You’ve got to go out and kick ass.”

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

“We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.”

“Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.”

“Courage is the most important of all the virtues because, without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently.”

“I work very hard, and I play very hard. I’m grateful for life. And I live it – I believe life loves the liver of it. I live it.”

“Nothing will work unless you do.”

“You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.”