I encourage courtesy. To accept nothing less than courtesy, and to give nothing less than courtesy. If we accept being talked to… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Naturally, if you love somebody, you do want to see their face every now and again, but that's not a condition of… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
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… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
If a human being dreams a great dream, dares to love somebody; if a human being dares to be Martin King, or… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
My entire stay there [high school] might have been time lost if it hadn't been for the unique personality of a brilliant… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Look what you've already come through! Don't deny it. You've already come through some things, which are very painful. If you've been… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
If you want to liberate someone, love them.Not be in love with them - that's dangerous. If you're in love with your… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Without defeats, how do you really know who the hell you are? If you never had to stand up to something -… — 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
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