11 Maya Angelou Quotes on Love

Maya Angelou quotes on love

7. We, unaccustomed to courage exiles from delight live coiled in shells of loneliness until love leaves its high holy temple and comes into our sight to liberate us into life.

8. If we are bold, love strikes away the chains of fear from our souls.

9. Love costs all we are and will ever be. Yet it is only love which sets us free. A Brave and Startling Truth.

37. If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die.

40. If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love. Don't be surly at home, then go out in the street and start grinning 'Good morning' at total strangers.

46. Jealousy in romance is like salt in food. A little can enhance the savor, but too much can spoil the pleasure and, under certain circumstances, can be life-threatening.

50. Love is that condition in the human spirit so profound that it allows me to survive, and better than that, to thrive with passion, compassion, and style.

55. My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return.

62. One would say of my life, 'born loser, had to be'- but it's not the truth. In the black community, however bad it looks, there's a lot of love and so much humor.

72. The honorary duty of a human being is to love.

77. The sadness of the women's movement is that they don't allow the necessity of love. See, I don't personally trust any revolution where love is not allowed.