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Maya Angelou, had wisdom to share on pretty much every facet of life—success, ambition, and self-respect. So, it's not surprising her words on love would work beautifully on your wedding day. Here are six wedding-ready Maya Angelou quotes I adore:

1. "I am grateful to have been loved and to be loved now and to be able to love, because that liberates. Love liberates. It doesn't just hold—that's ego. Love liberates. It doesn't bind. Love says, 'I love you. I love you if you're in China. I love you if you're across town. I love you if you're in Harlem. I love you. I would like to be near you. I'd like to have your arms around me. I'd like to hear your voice in my ear. But that's not possible now, so I love you. Go.'"
2. "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."
3. "Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope."
4. "If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love."
5. "I know for sure that love saves me and that it is here to save us all."
6. "It's one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody." “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.”
   • “You alone are enough, you have nothing to prove to anybody.”
   • “The things you are passionate about are not random, they are your calling.”
   • “Forgive yourself for not knowing what you didn’t know before you learned it.”
   • “When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.”
   • “You should be angry. You must not be bitter. Bitterness is like cancer.”.”