“love. she liberated me to life, she continued to do that. and when she was in her final sickness i went out… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I love living. I love that I'm alive to love my age. There are many people who went to bed just as… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I try to live what I consider a "poetic existence." That means I take responsibility for the air I breathe and the… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
What you're supposed to do when you don't like a thing is change it. If you can't change it, change the way… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Your life is much more important that you can imagine... it is your first treasure. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
There is a very fine line between loving life and being greedy for it. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
We may act sophisticated and worldly but I believe we feel safest when we go inside ourselves and find home, a place… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Though we are many, each of us is achingly alone, piercingly alone. Only when we confess our confusion can we remember that… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Because of the routines we follow, we often forget that life is an ongoing adventure. . . Life is pure adventure, and… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
You can only become great at something you are willing to sacrifice for — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
“I wouldn't miss Mrs. Flowers, for she had given me her secret word which called forth a djinn who was to serve… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I have a feeling that I make a very good friend, and I'm a good mother, and a good sister, and a… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
If I am not good to myself, how can I expect anyone else to be good to me? — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
You will face many defeats in your life, but never let yourself be defeated. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Of all the needs (there are none imaginary) a lonely child has, the one that must be satisfied, if there is going… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told: 'I'm with you kid. Let's go.' — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
We will sometimes have defeats in life but you can have defeats without being defeated, you could fail without being a failure.… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Until recently each generation found it more expedient to plead guilty to the charge of being young and ignorant, easier to take… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
“The resignation of its inhabitants encouraged me to relax. They showed me a contentment based on the belief that nothing more was… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Just do right. Right may not be expedient, it may not be profitable, but it will satisfy your soul. It brings you… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Eating is so intimate. It's very sensual. When you invite someone to sit at your table and you want to cook for… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Have a purpose to your life: Purpose does not mean having a job...You can have a job and still be unfulfilled. — 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
