Quotes by Maya Angelou, Letter to My Daughter

Explore a curated collection of 18 quotes by Maya Angelou, Letter to My Daughter. Discover timeless wisdom, insightful thoughts, and memorable words that have inspired readers around the world. Browse through the gallery below and click on any quote to read more.

I am convinced that most people do not grow up...We marry and dare to have children and call that growing up. I think wh — Maya Angelou, Letter to My Daughter
I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.(Popular misquote of "You may not control all t — Maya Angelou, Letter to My Daughter
Make every effort to change things you do not like. If you cannot make a change, change the way you have been thinking. — Maya Angelou, Letter to My Daughter
A friend may be waiting behind a stranger's face. — Maya Angelou, Letter to My Daughter
You are very kind and very intelligent and those elements are not always found together. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, Dr. Mar — Maya Angelou, Letter to My Daughter
Let's tell the truth to people. When people ask, 'How are you?' have the nerve sometimes to answer truthfully. You must — Maya Angelou, Letter to My Daughter
The human heart is so delicate and sensitive that it always needs some tangible encouragement to prevent it from falteri — Maya Angelou, Letter to My Daughter
I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it. — Maya Angelou, Letter to My Daughter
That day, I learned that I could be a giver by simply bringing a smile to another person. The ensuing years have taught — Maya Angelou, Letter to My Daughter
Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud. — Maya Angelou, Letter to My Daughter
I am never proud to participate in violence, yet I know that each of us must care enough for ourselves that we can be re — Maya Angelou, Letter to My Daughter
In an unfamiliar culture, it is wise to offer no innovations, no suggestions, or lessons. The epitome of sophistication — Maya Angelou, Letter to My Daughter
I learned to love my son without wanting to possess him and I learned how to teach him to teach himself. — Maya Angelou, Letter to My Daughter
I believe that one can never leave home. I believe that one carries the shadows, the dreams, the fears and the dragons o — Maya Angelou, Letter to My Daughter
Thomas Wolfe warned in the title of America’s great novel that ‘You Can’t Go Home Again.’ I enjoyed the book but I never — Maya Angelou, Letter to My Daughter
...one can never leave home...one carries the shadows, the dreams, the dragons of home under one's skin, at the extreme — Maya Angelou, Letter to My Daughter
Many members of that early band of twentieth-century pilgrims must have yearned for the honesty of Southern landscapes w — Maya Angelou, Letter to My Daughter
You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them. — Maya Angelou, Letter to My Daughter