Maya Angelou Quotes

Be nice to each other. You can make a whole day a different day for everybody.

Be kind to people on the way up - you'll meet them again on your way down.

Be kind to the living.

It is nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.

My mother taught me caring and sensitivity towards the feelings of others, animals as well as humans. She gave me much good, practical advice for getting through life.

Always grow flowers, as that will make your way full of flowers. Never grow thorns, as that will make your way thorny. Never want to target someone on an arrow. You may become the target of that arrow. Never make a well in the way of someone. As you may pass by that way sometime.

Be a awful nice to 'em goin' up, because you're gonna meet 'em all comin' down.

Kindness is wisdom.

My guiding principles in life are to be honest, genuine, thoughtful and caring.

Be kind. Be kind. Be kind.

Everyone can be rude, and everyone can be kind.

As an adult, I've always tried to be a good person my whole life, so I've made good friends, and I've always built great relationships and been friendly with people. I always think what you do to others will come to you, so that's how I treat people.

I receive kindness every day. I love to smile when I'm out and about, and if someone smiles back, which happens about half the time, I think that's an act of kindness every couple of minutes in my day.

I try to keep people happy. I go out of my way to get a smile. That's the way my mother raised me.

I think regardless of what your religion is or what you believe, you try to treat people in a positive way, and that's all you can do in life.

Maybe one of you can enlighten me, but I just don't understand why it is so hard to be kind to one another?

A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.

It really shocks me when I encounter people who think kindness doesn't matter. Because I think it's pretty much the only thing that matters.

For me, the biggest thing is someone who's kind. I'm not into the bad-boy thing.

Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always to try to be a little kinder than is necessary?

Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.

Be kind, don't judge, and have respect for others. If we can all do this, the world would be a better place. The point is to teach this to the next generation.

I also think that what's wrong with all of us is that we don't show enough love toward each other.

I think goodness is about how person behaves to person, and also person to world, to nature.

I don't think I'm an unkind person, I don't think my books are unkind, and I don't think my readers are unkind.