「我學到人們將忘記你說什麼，人們將忘記你做什麼，但人們永遠不會忘記你使他們如何感受。」“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.”

“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.”
– Maya Angelou, Poet

「我學到人們將忘記你說什麼，人們將忘記你做什麼，但人們永遠不會忘記你使他們如何感受。」– 馬雅‧安哲羅 (詩人)
此句一開始用現在完成式，因此是表示經驗。名詞片語 “what you said”、”what you did”、及 “how you made them feel” 皆為動詞 “forget” 的受詞。
馬雅‧安哲羅 (1928- ) 為美國才華洋溢的黑人作家，著有 6 冊一系列的自傳及 5 冊詩集。她曾擔任民運領秀馬丁路德的分區協調者，後來擔任維克森林大學 (Wake Forest University) 的終生教授。她在柯林頓總統的就職典禮應邀朗讀她的詩「於清晨的脈動」(On the Pulse of Morning)。