Able Quotes by Maya Angelou

Let the brain go to work, let it meet the heart and you will be able to forgive.

— Maya Angelou

Being free is being able to accept people for what they are, and not try to understand all they are or be…

— Maya Angelou

Having courage does not mean we are unafraid. Having courage and showing courage mean we face our fears. We are able to…

— Maya Angelou

Whatever you want to do, if you want to be great at it, you have to love it and be able to…

— Maya Angelou

Creativity or talent, like electricity, is something I don't understand but something I'm able to harness and use.

— Maya Angelou

I am never proud to participate in violence, yet I know that each of us must care enough for ourselves that we…

— Maya Angelou

Hold those things that tell your history and protect them. During slavery, who was able to read or write or keep anything?…

— Maya Angelou

Strong women- precious jewels all- their humanness is evident in their accessibility. We are able to enter into the spirit of these…

— Maya Angelou

I’m grateful for being here, for being able to think, for being able to see, for being able to taste, for appreciating…

— Maya Angelou

The needs of a society determine its ethics, and in the Black American ghettos the hero is that man who is offered…

— Maya Angelou

Words are things. You must be careful, careful about calling people out of their names, using racial pejoratives and sexual pejoratives and…

— Maya Angelou

I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she handles these three things: a rainy day,…

— Maya Angelou

The white American man makes the white American woman maybe not superfluous but just a little kind of decoration. Not really important…

— Maya Angelou

Because of the routines we follow, we often forget that life is an ongoing adventure. . . Life is pure adventure, and…

— Maya Angelou

I learned a long time ago the wisest thing I can do is be on my own side, be an advocate for…

— Maya Angelou

I am grateful to have been loved and to be loved now and to be able to love, because that liberates. Love…

— Maya Angelou

Creativity or talent, like electricity, is something I don’t understand but something I’m able to harness and use. While electricity remains a…

— Maya Angelou

Strictly speaking, one cannot legislate love, but what one can do is legislate fairness and justice. If legislation does not prohibit our…

— Maya Angelou