Maya Angelou quotes about success & failure
8 quotations, each verified against its source and credited to the work it comes from — the wording as Maya Angelou wrote or said it, not as the internet passes it around. Drawn from the 214 in the full collection.
You've got to work. Write each sentence over and over again, until it seems you've used every combination possible, then write it again.
I never learned to spell it.
Be certain that you do not die without having done something wonderful for humanity.
Money and power can liberate only if they are used to do so. They can imprison and inhibit more finally than barred windows and iron chains.
I knew that if God loved me, then I could do wonderful things, I could try great things, learn anything, achieve anything.
An assurance that the world owes you nothing and that every gift is exactly that, a gift.
all knowledge is spendable currency, depending on the market.
nothing beats a trial but a failure. Give it everything you've got.
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- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings quotes · 41 lines (1969)
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