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In this moving and timeless excerpt, the legendary Dr. Maya Angelou shares profound wisdom on how the words we use shape those around us—and ourselves.
She explains:
People rise (or fall) to the level at which you address them. Speak life and beauty, and they strive to meet it. Speak degradation, and they may prove you right in the worst ways.
Angelou recounts her unforgettable encounter with a young Tupac Shakur on the set of Poetic Justice (1993). When tensions boiled over into a near-fight, she stepped in with gentle authority, pulled him aside, and reminded him:
“Do you know how much you are needed? Do you know what you mean to us? Hundreds of years of struggle have been for you... Please, baby, don’t lose your life on a zoom.”
Tupac wept. She dried his tears in private and, for the rest of the shoot, he greeted her sweetly with “Good morning, Miss Angelou.” A beautiful reminder of the power of courtesy and empathy.
She reflects on passion, risk, and success:
Many fear success more than failure—because success demands you stand by your words before God and the world. Angelou shares her own breakthrough: She accepted death as inevitable, freeing her to risk everything for what matters.
Then, the heart of her story—her childhood trauma at age 7½. Raped by a family acquaintance, the man later killed after release, she believed her words caused his death. She fell silent for five years.
Yet in that muteness came salvation: She devoured books, memorizing Shakespeare (whole plays and 50 sonnets), Poe, Longfellow, James Weldon Johnson, Langston Hughes, and more—from #MayaAngelou #TupacShakur #PoeticJustice #MayaAngelouQuotes #PowerOfWords #InspirationalSpeech #Resilience #BlackExcellence #MotivationalSpeech #TupacAndMaya #WordsHavePower #OvercomeAdversity #MayaAngelouWisdom #HealingThroughWords