23 Stirring Maya Angelou Quotes That The World Needs Now More Than Ever

Published August 21, 2021
Updated October 12, 2021

These twenty-three heartrending Maya Angelou quotes are the definition of words to live by.

Through her award-winning poetry and her civil rights activism, Maya Angelou became the voice of so many who were unable to make themselves heard. The author of I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings inspired countless people around the world and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011, just three years before her death at age 86.

Like her incredible legacy, these touching Maya Angelou quotes on love, loss, pain, and virtue will endure for eternity:

After exploring these quotes by Maya Angelou, discover the most moving Nelson Mandela quotes plus inspirational quotes guaranteed to change your life.

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Briana Jones
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Briana Jones is a freelance writer, screenwriter, and artist roaming the hot sands of the southwest. She enjoys the strange and unusual, and green tea.
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John Kuroski
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Based in Brooklyn, New York, John Kuroski is the editorial director of All That's Interesting. He graduated from New York University with a degree in history, earning a place in the Phi Alpha Theta honor society for history students. An editor at All That's Interesting since 2015, his areas of expertise include modern American history and the ancient Near East. In an editing career spanning 17 years, he previously served as managing editor of Elmore Magazine in New York City for seven years.
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Jones, Briana. "23 Stirring Maya Angelou Quotes That The World Needs Now More Than Ever." AllThatsInteresting.com, August 21, 2021, https://allthatsinteresting.com/maya-angelou-quotes. Accessed September 2, 2025.