I think we all have empathy. We may not have enough courage to display it. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I think music is one of the hero/sheroes of the African-American existence. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
It's hard because people think they have something to lose and the truth is they have everything to gain in trying to… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Everybody born comes from the Creator trailing wisps of glory. We come from the Creator with creativity. I think that each one… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Language. I loved it. And for a long time I would think of myself, of my whole body, as an ear. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I think the more we know the better we are. I mean not just facts. The more we know about each other,… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Listen to some good poetry. You see? It keeps us from thinking we are only what our blatant appetites describe us as. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I think we ought to give ourselves more time. We should be more patient with ourselves and with each other. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I think that that's the wisest thing - to prevent illness before we try to cure something. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Some of us are timid. We think we have something to lose so we don't try for that next hill. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
There are those who say that poets should use her and his art to change the world. I'd agree with that, but… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Like a pianist runs her fingers over the keys, I'll search my mind for what to say. Now, the poem may want… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Some think, "If I marry this guy who's two inches taller than I am and who has a nice bank account, I… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
“You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them. Try… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I think all poems are commissioned. They just come to me without somebody outside commissioning them. The idea comes and I will… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I think a number of the leaders are, whether you like it or not, in the hip-hop generation. And when they understand… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
When I want to think about what would be the right thing to do, the fair thing to do, the wise thing… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I agree with Balzac and 19th-century writers, black and white, who say, 'I write for money.' Yes, I think everybody should be… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Indeed we have souls. And if a person is religious, I think it's good, it helps you a bit. But if you're… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I love a statement by the apostle Paul, in the Book of Philippians in the Bible. I think the Corinthians had been… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I think that each of us is so much alike, and yet at the same time we are so different, and I… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I learned a long time ago the wisest thing I can do is be on my own side, be an advocate for… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
What I think it really means is: I'm a teacher. I am a teacher. I teach all the time, as you do… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Words are things. You must be careful, careful about calling people out of their names, using racial pejoratives and sexual pejoratives and… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
"Baby, you know?" my mother once said to me. "I think you're the greatest woman I've ever met - and I'm not… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I look at some of the great novelists, and I think the reason they are great is that they're telling the truth.… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Make every effort to change things you do not like. If you cannot make a change, change the way you have been… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I agreed a long time ago, I would not live at any cost. If I am moved or forced away from what… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I don't think there's such a thing as autobiographical fiction. If I say it happened, it happened, even if only in my… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I think when we don't know what to do it's wise to do nothing. Sit down quietly; quiet our hearts and minds… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
“Mother whispered, 'See, you don't have to think about doing the right thing, If you're for the right thing, then you do… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Courage, I don't think anybody is born with courage. I think you may be born with a flair to braggadocio, you know.… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
There is something more - the spirit, or the soul. I think that that quality encourages our courtesy and care and our… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I think we have systematically and critically harmed ourselves and many young people by advising them not to try things. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I think a nap or a rest overnight is great. But who needs three days of rest? Please! The second day, you… — 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
