We need to haunt the house of history and listen anew to the ancestors' wisdom. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
The terrorist action of 9/11 gave birth to President Obama's entry to the White House. Not directly, but indirectly. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I do like to have guns around. I don't like to carry them. But I like - if somebody is going to… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I never expected anyone to take care of me, but in my wildest dreams and juvenile yearnings, I wanted the house with… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
On Saturday afternoons when all the things are done in the house and there's no real work to be done, I play… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Growing up, my grandmother did not want worldly music in the house. Then when I went out to California, I started listening… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
The country didn't get that way in a week; we've had years and years of getting behind in our economy. So President… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
You can ask goodness in, show it how much you like it, make room for it. And it says, "Oh, I like… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I keep a hotel room in my town, although I have a large house. And I go there at about 5:30 in… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I believe that a negative statement is poison.I'm convinced that the negative has power. It lives. And if you allow it to… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Strictly speaking, one cannot legislate love, but what one can do is legislate fairness and justice. If legislation does not prohibit our… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
If you have a napkin, you need another napkin to receive back all the blessings you'll get. And you keep giving. Then… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
If on Judgement Day I were summoned by St. Peter to give testimony to the used-to-be sheriff's act of kindness, I would… — 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
![“The country didn't get that way in a week; we've had years and years of getting behind in our economy. So President [Barack] Obama stepped into a hellhole and people wanted him to change it as soon as he came in. But he's got his adversaries to deal with in the House and Senate, so it's not easy.” quote by Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3ec/maya-angelou-104_adversaries_the-country-didn-t-get-that-way-in-a-wee_660911.jpg)
