I look at some of the great novelists, and I think the reason they are great is that they're telling the truth.… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Women should be tough, tender, laugh as much as possible, and live long lives. The struggle for equality continues unabated, and the… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
The main thing in one's own private world is to try to laugh as much as you cry. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Women should be tough, tender, laugh as much as possible, and live long lives. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I'm convinced that I'm a child of God. That's wonderful, exhilarating, liberating, full of promise. But the burden which goes along with… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I would say you might encounter many defeats but you must never be defeated, ever. In fact, it might even be necessary… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
When I am writing, I am trying to find out who I am, who we are, what we're capable of, how we… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Laugh...It's the sweetest thing one can do for oneself and one's fellow human beings. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
When people see the laughing face, even if they're jealous of it, their burden is lightened. But do it first for yourself.… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
If you're serious, you really understand that it's important that you laugh as much as possible and admit that you're the funniest… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Laugh and dare to try to love somebody, starting with yourself. You must love yourself first, of course, and you must protect… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
If we live long enough, we may even get over war. I imagine a time when somebody will mention the word war… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I am serious, so I laugh a lot. You need to laugh. You don't laugh enough. I don't trust anyone who doesn't… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I could fall in love with a sumo wrestler if he told stories and made me laugh. Obviously, it would be easier… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Sometimes all you need in love is to make each other happy, to make each other laugh. So long as you can… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
You might encounter defeats but you must never be defeated... Love a lot. Laugh a lot at the silliest things and be… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
When I am writing, I am trying to find out who I am, who we are, what we're capable of, how we… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Every day offers you 10,000 reasons to cry, but if you can find just one reason to laugh then you will be… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Every day I awaken I am grateful. My intent is to be totally present in that day. And laugh as much as… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Laugh as often as possible. You must. Because the world will offer you every reason to weep. So as often as possible,… — 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
