Maya Angelou Quotes

Being able to allow people to be who they are without trying to change them is important.

I try to look for the good in everybody, regardless of the way they're labeled.

People need to learn to take everyone as they are.

Basically, we are all different and we all have something to learn and it doesn't mean people need to change who you are but one should be open to new things and, above all, tolerance and understanding are essential for growth and happiness.

If you have a problem with people living their lives and being authentically who they are, you really should go and do some soul-searching.

Hetero - normative behavior and herd mentality is dangerous. It's okay to be different. It's okay to stand out for whatever reason. Some people are just born that way and instead of trying to tear them down, learn something new. Be curious and open because maybe that's a pathway out for you, too.

Why can't we learn to live with how we are? And whatever anybody chooses is okay by the rest of us?

I've learned a lot just being around people who grew up so differently from me, which is cool. It teaches you how to be a lot more tolerant. The bigger your world is, the more tolerant and accepting you become, because you have friends from all walks of life. You learn to be a little bit less selfish.

I remember while I was at school some of my Muslim friends talked about a handful of people spoiling things in every culture. Hatred or hurt or pain isn't specific to a religion. I think it's a matter of acceptance. The one thing the world has to accept is everybody is different. What is normal to us is different and unusual to somebody else.

What's important to me is people just being people.

Honestly, I just have to do what's right for me, and what I would tell people is what I believe, which is that tolerance is very important.

I think the way to keep a friendship is to respect that everybody is different.

Our uniqueness, our individuality, and our life experience molds us into fascinating beings. I hope we can embrace that. I pray we may all challenge ourselves to delve into the deepest resources of our hearts to cultivate an atmosphere of understanding, acceptance, tolerance, and compassion. We are all in this life together.

I come from a very non-accepting family, but I'm very accepting.

Being tolerant does not mean that I share another one’s belief. But it does mean that I acknowledge another one’s right to believe, and obey, his own conscience.

... the greatest right in the world is the right to be wrong.

When you connect to someone on a human level, and you get to know about them, you can begin to love the things that make them different.

I try to see the good in everybody, and I don't care who people are as long as they're themselves, whatever that is.

We allow each other so little enjoyment or even tolerance for our individualities, our uniquenesses, and yet to me, that's what it's all about.

Love is something in the heart and in the mind, so why would you chastise anyone for that? And this is something that I feel very strongly about.

Sometimes, there isn't respect for our ways, but you can't change people.

My mom just always taught me to let people live, let people be who they are without restrictions, without limitations.

You have to respect people for who they are on a basic level.

I'm very accepting of how people live their lives.

And rather than judging and alienating others, I do think there's an opportunity that no one is taking, myself included, to actually understand why somebody is coming from a certain place.