"I've learned that people will forget what..." - Quote by Maya Angelou
I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
More by Maya Angelou
“Independence is a heady draught, and if you drink it in your youth, it can have the same effect on the brain as young wine does. It does not matter that its taste is not always appealing. It is addictive and with each drink you want more.”
“I have no modesty. Modesty is a learned affectation. It's like decal stuck up on a person.”
“I think I know that I deserve better. And so I try for better. I'm never so put off that I would ever walk out of a place not having tried the best I could.”
More on Empathy
“Your enemy is one who misunderstands you; why should you not rise above the fog and see his error and respect him for the good qualities you find in him?”
“Fear is such a powerful emotion for humans that when we allow it to take us over, it drives compassion right out of our hearts.”
“Continue to plant a kiss of concern on the cheek of the sick and the aged and infirm and count that actions as natural and to be expected.”
More on Relationships
“Both looked back then on the wild revelry...and they lamented that it had cost them so much of their lives to find the paradise of shared solitude.”
“To be loved for what one is, that is the greatest exception. The great majority love in others only what they lend him; their own selves, their version of him.”
“'Being in love' first moved them to promise fidelity: this quieter love enables them to keep the promise.”