We are missing Michael. But we do know we had him, and we are the world. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Hate, it has caused a lot of problems in the world, but has not solved one yet. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
You can see in others what they don't see in themselves and what the world doesn't see in them, — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
If you're going to live, leave a legacy. Make a mark on the world that can't be erased. — 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
There's a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure the truth. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
My grandmother told me that every good thing I do helps some human being in the world. I believed her 50 years… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
My mother is so full of joy and life. I am her child. And that is better than being the child of… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
People trying to separate people rather than bring us together... please. You don't just see it in America. It's all over the… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
The root cause of all the problems we have in the world today is ignorance of course. But most, polarization. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
While the rest of the world has been improving technology, Ghana has been improving the quality of man's humanity to man. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Precious jewel, you glow, you shine, reflecting all the good things in the world. Just look at yourself. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
The children to whom we read simple stories may or may not show gratitude, but each boon we give strengthens the pillars… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
When we come to it We must confess that we are the possible We are the miraculous, the true wonders of this… — 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
Each of us needs to withdraw from the cares which will not withdraw from us. We need hours of aimless wandering or… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
During bad circumstances, which is the human inheritance, you must decide not to be reduced. You have your humanity, and you must… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
There is a world of difference between facts and the truth. You can have so many facts that you don't deal with… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Living well is an art that can be developed: a love of life and ability to take great pleasure from small offerings… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
When I look back, I am so impressed again with the life-giving power of literature. If I were a young person today,… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Home is a refuge not only from the world, but a refuge from my worries, my troubles, my concerns. I like beautiful… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Food served is always more than just food served. That is to say, it is more than just fuel for the body.… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I know, that since life is our most precious gift, and as far as we can be absolutely certain, it's given to… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Find something you like, go into a room, close the door and read it aloud. Read it aloud. Everybody in the world… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
What we really have to do is take a day and sit down and think. The world is not going to end… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
The world had taken a deep breath and was having doubts about continuing to revolve. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
If you have a song to sing, who are you not to open your mouth and sing to the world? — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I want all my senses engaged. Let me absorb the world's variety and uniqueness. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
One of the saddest things in the world is to see a cynical young person. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Everybody in the world wants the same thing...to be needed...a job that he/she can do well...to love somebody...Everybody...There's no mystery. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who and how you are, to astonish a mean world with… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
The most difficult thing in the world, it seems to me, is to realize that I am a child of God; to… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
We are the victims of the world's most comprehensive robbery. Life demands a balance. It's all right if we do a little… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
In a world so rife with vulgarity, with brutality and violence, love exists. I’m grateful to know that it exists. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Look heavenward and speak the word aloud. Peace. We look at our world and speak the word aloud. Peace. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I'm happy to be a writer - of prose, poetry, every kind of writing. Every person in the world who isn't a… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Laugh as often as possible. You must. Because the world will offer you every reason to weep. So as often as possible,… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Just do right. Right may not be expedient, it may not be profitable, but it will satisfy your soul. It brings 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
