It's good to remember that in crises, natural crises, human beings forget for awhile their ignorances, their biases, their prejudices. For a… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I not only have the right to stand up for myself, but I have the responsibility. I can't ask somebody else to… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I am a very religious person, so it is the presence of God, the constant unwavering, unrelenting presence of God which continues… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
It is sad but true that sometimes we need the tragedy to help us to see how human we are and how… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Joy is a freedom. It helps a person to find his/her own liberation. The person who is joyous takes responsibility for the… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
We need to not be in denial about what we've done, what we've come through. It will help us if we all… — 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
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
If you will have a person enslaved, the first thing you must do is convince yourself that the person is subhuman. The… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
And if a person is religious, I think it's good, it helps you a bit. But if you're not, at least you… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Education helps one case cease being intimidated by strange situations. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Being thankful helps you to be present.People commit errors because they are not present.I would encourage women and men to be present… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
It may in fact be utterly impossible to be successful without helping others to become successful. — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
Life offers us tickets to places which we have not knowingly asked for. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
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 Image
