Hate, it has caused a lot of problems in the world, but has not solved one yet. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
One isn't born with courage. One develops it by doing small courageous things. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
When I look back, I am so impressed again with the life-giving power of literature. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
The love of the family, the love of one person can heal. It heals the scars left by a larger society. A… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
When we decide to be happy we accept the responsibility to bring happiness to someone else. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
If you must look back, do so forgivingly. If you will look forward, do so prayerfully. But the wisest course would be… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
This is what I am learning, at 82 years old: the main thing is to be in love with the search for truth. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Stepping onto a brand-new path is difficult, but not more difficult than remaining in a situation, which is not nurturing to the… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
A great soul serves everyone all the time. A great soul never dies. It brings us together again and again. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
The truth brings the past into the present and prepares us for the future. That's what truth does — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
The thorn from the bush one has planted, nourished and pruned pricks more deeply and draws more blood. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
“I did then what I knew best, when I knew better, I did better. Maya Angelo” — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
The main thing in one's own private world is to try to laugh as much as you cry. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
If I am not good to myself, how can I expect anyone else to be good to me? — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
You have to have courage to love somebody. Because you risk everything. Everything. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Courage: the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently — Maya Angelou Copy Share
If we accept being talked to any kind of a way, then we are telling ourselves we are not quite worth the best. And… — Maya Angelou Copy Share
You should be angry. You must not be bitter. Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. It doesn't do anything to the… — Maya Angelou Copy Share
“You are very kind and very intelligent and those elements are not always found together. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune, and my… — Maya Angelou Copy Share
I agreed a long time ago, I would not live at any cost. If I am moved or forced away from what I think… — Maya Angelou Copy Share
Intelligence is a separate gift, for the benefit of students, so that they may think of themselves as intellectual and not very intelligent, or… — Maya Angelou Copy Share
Life is going to give you just what you put in it. Put your whole heart in everything you do, and pray, then you… — Maya Angelou Copy Share
“You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may tread me in the very dirt But still, like dust,… — Maya Angelou Copy Share
Every person needs to take one day away. A day in which one consciously separates the past from the future. Jobs, family, employers, and… — Maya Angelou Copy Share
I'm working at trying to be a Christian, and that's serious business. It's like trying to be a good Jew, a good Muslim, a… — Maya Angelou Copy Share
Sunday, if I'm lucky, I'll go to church or listen to some good spiritual advice on the television or on the radio. I take… — Maya Angelou Copy Share
