Maya Angelou is a testament to never giving up in life, because she never did!

Rest in peace Ms Maya 🙏🏾 🕊️

"Either eat your words or stand by them." Such truth.

When Maya Angelou speaks, there is a certain quality to her voice that makes you sit up & listen.

The epitome of grace and elegance of soul.

She's the reason why I love reading and poetry.

Maya Angelou was a sucessful author,writer, poet, activist, educator and an amazing blessing upon this earth. She put her arm around Tupac and gave him a loving response which he needed at that time.

"And, there is nothing quite so tragic as a young cynic, because it means the the person goes has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing"... I hope we all give our young more to believe in.

It's true, when you accept that death is inevitable, then you give life your best shot at living.

One thing she said that I still consider daily is; ‘people will usually forget what you say, but they’ll never forget how you made them feel’. It’s a great quote for a world over involved in semantics. It’s a lesson I’m learning constantly. Make people feel good about themselves from the opening interactions with them. It’s HOW you say things that affects others. Not necessarily the verbiage itself.

I had the privilege of hearing Ms. Angelou speak in person at my HBCU alma mater back in ‘96. I remember the assembly room, packed with college students, was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop. We hung on her every word! Her way of speaking is soothing to the soul. Her wisdom is classic and timeless. She will go down as one the the greatest writers and orators of all time. 🕊

I remember in one of her interviews with Oprah she wept when she said "God loves me so much". And that statement has changed my relationship with God. I realized how much I am loved by God.

If you’re reading this comment, it’s too late, you’ve already been immensely blessed with an abundance of love, wealth, luck, health, joy, and whatever else your heart desires!! I’m so proud of you for surviving everything you’ve been through. This is your sign to go after what your heart most desires for the highest good, it’s your time

She was down here in the south a couple of young white boys was following her through the airport teasing her. Probably saying unpleasant things as they walked behind her giggling. She stopped and took them aside and spoke to them. I don't know what she said. But from a distance they walked off humbled and wiping their eyes... She was so composed and continue on her way greeting on lookers with a smile, like she was gone love no matter what they say. Many years ago... REST IN THE POWER OF LOVE BEAUTIFUL

To the person reading this. Trust the Process, Your Time is Coming💯 Do your best and God will do the rest. Make it a Great Day, Remember the Choice is Yours. Stay blessed everyone!💯🌴🌴🌴🌴🙏🙏🙏

"If I can deal with the biggest bugaboo--death---I can deal with this lesser thing." I like that phrase. Phenomenal woman.

This is one of the channels that gave me the courage to start my KZfaq channel 9 months ago about self development. Now I have 1,520 subs and > 1,000 hours of watch time. I know it’s not comparable with others but I’m still proud I started because I’ve been learning so many lessons that I could haven’t learned without getting started in the 1st place.

Dr. Maya Angelou was extraordinary.

I once hugged a teacher who had constantly been bullying me at work and she weepers like a baby.She carried on with her abusive behavior and I just let her be and changed my perspective of her.

To keep my calm during adversity. I keep reminding myself of her famous quote. “When someone show you who they are. Believe them.”

From a traumatic childhood, I made poor choices as I aged. Until I heard Maya's quote "I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better." This idea that we have skewed childhood logic and an unreasonable level of responsibility to what happened to us changed my life. I was able to see I was only a child dealing the best way I could. And in many ways I stayed a "child" until my 40's. I became an addiction treatment counselor and often paraphrased Maya's message as "You did what you knew how to do and when you knew better, you did better."

What a privilege this lady was for humanity!!!

I miss her😭

She is a Queen for all of us to follow and she overcame so many unspoken obstacles because all she was about was the love of God.

Truly appreciate her contributions to humanity, from trials to triumphs! What a blessing!

I love this video, but whoever generated the closed caption, please fix it, the words are inaccurate in some places. Thank you!

What a lady. A legend. What she did for humanity and peoples souls isn’t quantifiable. Thank you. Rest easy.

Love Maya Angelou 💞rest in peace forever a wise woman🕊️

Dr. Maya Angelou is one the greatest intellectuals to ever walk the face of the earth. ✊🏼👊🏼♥️🧠💡🌍📚

*Maya's spirit flows gently through the air. I'm so much appreciative of her sharing such deep dark details of her life. I love the way she pulled herself away from the evil forwarded to her and found the strength of healing at her own pace. My "BELOVED"💕 friend, your work on Earth continues.*

The library is a beautiful treasure and many jewels in our teachings are left by this amazing soul. Wisdom that teaches love and self-respect.

As a teacher, I played inspirational speeches to my 7th graders of Angelou and Michelle Obama. Nearly all preferred Angelou. I think it had something to do with the quality of her voice and aged wisdom. I like both individuals very much.

I love this woman more than words could ever describe

I had the extra special blessing of having this extraordinary woman who I admired for decades gave me a warm loving mothering hug. I’ll never forget how that felt. Not for the rest of my life. Rest in paradise Queen 👑. You are loved. ❤️

Regular conversation with this lady had to be epic

I loved her & felt everything about her was absolute dignity, wisdom & grace. I still miss her.

Maya was an amazing, loving, kind, intelligent, beautiful, woman. 💛

This phenomenal woman will always be one of my favorite souls. ❤️❤️❤️

What a wonderful woman Maya Angelou was, I am so blessed to listen to her words of wisdom and truth

May your soul Rest In Peace

Yes, you. You're probably scrolling through the comments, like I am, reading all these motivational comments. If you are reading this at night, you should get some sleep, and don't stress about everything going on in the world, or what you are going through. Don't dwell on things from the past, don't stress on your future. Just live your life, because you only get one. Do whatever makes you happy, not what other people want from you. For me, I'm gonna wake up tomorrow morning, get hit the gym, and cherish life for the amazing blessing that it is. I hope you do the same and have an amazing day as well!

I went to see Maya Angelo in Portland, Or, and in a stadium full of people, I felt she was speaking directly to me. That was the kind of person she held herself to be. That is the kind of person I strive to be.

Reading everything can be a reaction to huge trauma, escacaping pain and reality. what amazing persona, i love her.

Silence allows us to hear God.

Out of Darkness does come the light yes the bright light amazing woman took her hurt and put it into a positive.

God Bless the people who have only a few struggles in life. But for the rest of us, We know why the caged bird sings and that is a earned a painful gift, cause we can find joy in hopeless places. Love this amazing poet one of God's True Ladies. Rest in Love and thank you. x

I got to hear her speak twice at Clemson University, in Clemson SC and another time at the Black Health Expo in Greenville, SC. Every single time I was Spellbound. She was a shooting star. ✨ Rest in Power Queen. 🙏🏽🤎 ✝️

That's a woman of authentic power - a woman of real hard fought peace and love, of real dignity. She's someone you couldn't mess with because she could see right into your soul, because she'd seen right into, and endured her own, the good the bad and the ugly. I have no first hand evidence of this. I just glean it from listening to her and from the legacy she has left behind.

💔so much pain Tupac experienced and Ms. Angelou recognized it🥰Thank her for showing him grace🌹RIP to them both

Thank you Mrs. Maya Angelou for allowing God to use you as a tool to bring light to people who are in darkness. Rest in Paradise Queen❤💓

Amen! This woman was so deep and well versed. I love her. I wish I could have met her and shook her hand. Her, Michele Obama, Oprah, and many others are definitely trailblazers. Educated, well spoken Queens. 👏 . RIP MRS. ANGELOU. YOU DEFINITELY EARNED YOUR RESPECT AND HONOR. 🙏

Love her, her words live on.

The calm in her speech is amazing. Maya showcases a very rare master Of words and talking. Poetry is her speech, incredible composed and melodic talk that forces everybody to open door.

One day, I’ll die, I’ll try. I’ve nothing to lose. I don’t want to live a life I don’t want to live. No one can trap me.

Her analogy on death and trying to accomplish goals is brilliant.

God bless all the strong mothers and grandmothers. Thank you.

What a remarkable person she was!😎💙 Too bad, she is gone! 😕My favorite quote, from her: "If you know better, you do better" 🧡💛🧡

I can listen to her all day long. Rest well Ms Maya 💜

I wrote her a letter in high school she wrote me back it met so much to my English teacher so I gave it to her I hope it still means alot to her I love them both Debi bright and Maya Angelo God bless them both

The deep connection I have with this woman ❤️

What a perfect vessel.....I'm truly humbled

She is an inspiration ❣️

I absolutely love this woman. I wish more women were like her on this earth. Thank you for sharing and leaving us with your kindness and wisdom.

She was the most inspirational and knowledgeable person in my life. Her poetry resembles the gift of peace and is shared throughout humanity ❤ Reading her poetry brings out the inner beauty and understanding that you can heal in what ever endeavors come your way 🙏

This blessed me in a way I can't explain. My tears are the only language expressive enough to start to communicate my feelings.

Maya was unique and such a passionate honest woman. Very intelligent she kept reading and reading and she was saved. RIP ✝️😘☮️

A positive reflection of life will spread love to all who hear with hope.

GOD BLESS DR. MAYA ANGELO...PEACE AND PRAISE 👏 🙌 🙏 ❤️ 💖

I adore this great lady. We need this woman back in our lives.

She is Truly a Missed TREASURE of This World. WORDS and TONE are SOo IMPORTANT!🙏🏾

Long live Pac and long live Ms. Angelou!!!

Maya Angelo your words in wisdom is so profound. You are truly missed and you had so much to offer and share with us black women as we grow and prosper. Thank you for the knowledge and encouragement, you have contributed to my life as a black woman❤❤❤❤❤Rip🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

She is such an inspiration!

She is telling the story of Tupac. How she calmed him down and the things she said made tears come from his eyez. Beautiful story and 2PAC was a beautiful spirit. I love and miss them both.

Yes every journey we go through is only intended to make us better, so we need to keep going

RIP queen of poetry your words will live on.

So blessed to have this woman in our lives!!!!

I find myself feeling low "LIFE" while trying to complete an assignment and when I came across this video I just had to watch it. I was just crying out to GOD about how I am feeling and this video and prayer has given me back my hope. Thank you for sharing❤

still miss her. she changed my life when i was about 12 years old. dance with the angels my dear!

I didn't quite experience what she did, but when I read her book in middle school I realized I wasn't alone, and I drew strength, solace, and fortitude from that. So many years later, something happened and I'm told I'm too quiet. I have spent the weeks since a very loud fourth of july writing a poem about how I choose to be quiet to heal, to be still to see the beauty in the world past all the color and noise and even in all my writing I thought - I there's something wrong with me. I should be stronger than this, I should still talk and laugh and loudly. Dr. Maya Angelou - once again your words heal me. I didn't trust my soul to know how to repair myself, but my soul knows best. I don't need to be loud, it's enough to enjoy the quiet beauty of the world that's so much more beautiful once you've had to build yourself back up again.

She is truly amazing!

Whenever I listen to Maya Angelou, I get temporarily mute, or speechless. My vain, self-centered preoccupations don't seem to matter as much. For a brief period, I become a better (Listener.) 💙😎

Bless you. The world need more people like you. Amen

She was such a gift to all mankind.

I continue to be uplifted by Maya Angelou's words not matter how many times I hear them. Amen

Had I never come across this. I would never have understood why she stopped talking. Blessed

Just a Beautiful Soul who found the true meaning of life. I love her! RIH sweet angel.

You can and will get through this. You have the strength and power to overcome whatever challenges you face.

Remarkable lady with eternal optimism and positivity♥️

❤️Love her. Wish she was still here with us 💔💔🇺🇸🇺🇸

I am speachless. Absolutely love her ❤️❤️ shes an amazing woman.

What a force for good this lady is, and she knows that her own back is covered by the power that created her.

I loved this woman. Pose and Grace. Eloquent speaker- extraordinary intellect. Brillant. We both were born same month, one day apart. I too love reading and I hope I can be a quarter of what she had mastered during her beautiful years on earth. God continue to be with her in his loving arms. S.I.P Maya you were loved beautiful soul.

I love her

Maya Angelou, you are so inspiring! I have seen your books at my previous job but never read any of them. Too busy selling them. You have passed not knowing your story. Now at the age of 61 and have a more relaxing job, I will start reading your books. My housemate told me about this video and watched it. Thank you for sharing your life story❤

Maya Angelou is one great prophet. She is so loved because she is willing to risk it all. She knows beyond a doubt that she is loved by God.

I love listening to Dr. Angelou after my daily prayers. Then, I'm in the correct headspace to give her work spiritual presence it requires to truly be moved or inspired. She's indeed a treasure from the universe to the universe. I sincerely hope more people are exposed or at least intrigued to listen to her orations or read her books, poetry, lectures and her biographical literature.🙏🏽

I admire this lady!! What inner strength and courage.

Amazing woman! You'll always be a blessing to us,Maya.🥰😍😍😍

💕the WISDOM of MAYA ANGEL(OU). Greatly Missed....💕TUPAC SHAKUR