Maya Angelou Believe Them The First Time

“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.” “there is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” ~ maya angelou, i know why the caged bird sings “when someone shows you who they are believe them the first time.” I just didn’t follow them. We watched as he damaged s.

For 70 years, new yorkers watched this man treating other human beings like dirt. When someone really shows you and tells you who they are, take them at their word. We watched as he damaged s.

By american poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist maya angelou

Always believe what a person demonstrates themselves to be, regardless of who they claim they are. when people show you who they are, believe them. “when a person says to you, ‘i’m selfish,’ or ‘i’m mean’ or ‘i am unkind,’ believe them,” oprah says in the clip. This is one of the hardest life lessons that i’ve ever tried to follow, but it is sage advice. Death makes angels of us all robert frost.