Born Quotes by Maya Angelou

One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential.

— Maya Angelou

I believe that every person is born with talent.

— Maya Angelou

Hope is born again in the faces of children.

— Maya Angelou

I was born in St. Louis but lived there just for a few minutes in my life.

— Maya Angelou

One isn't born with courage. One develops it by doing small courageous things.

— Maya Angelou

Everybody born comes from the Creator trailing wisps of glory.

— Maya Angelou

Everybody born comes from the Creator trailing wisps of glory. We come from the Creator with creativity. I think that each one…

— Maya Angelou

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

We love and lose in China, we weep on England's moors, and laugh and moan in Guinea, and thrive on Spanish shores.…

— Maya Angelou

One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency.…

— Maya Angelou

I believe talent is like electricity. We don't understand electricity. We use it. You can plug into it and light up a…

— Maya Angelou

The sisters and brothers that you meet give you the materials which your character uses to build itself. It is said that…

— Maya Angelou

The first decade of the twentieth century was not a great time to be born black and poor and female in St.…

— Maya Angelou

Then the question began to live under my blankets: How did lesbianism begin? What were the symptoms? The public library gave information…

— Maya Angelou

If a human being dreams a great dream, dares to love somebody; if a human being dares to be Martin King, or…

— Maya Angelou

One isn't born with courage. One develops it by doing small courageous things-in the way that if one sets out to pick…

— Maya Angelou