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
I dreamt we walked together along the shore. We made satisfying small talk and laughed. This morning I found sand in my… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Oh, Black known and unknown poets, how often have your auctioned pains sustained us? Who will compute the lonely nights made less… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
When I was asked to do something good, I often say yes, I'll try, yes, I'll do my best. And part of… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
When younger writers and poets, musicians and painters are weakened by a stemming of funds, they come to me saddened, not as… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
A story went the rounds about a San Franciscan white matron who refused to sit beside a Negro civilian on the streetcar,… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
At the end of the day people won't remember what you said or did, they will remember how you made them feel. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I made the decision to quit show business. Give up the skintight dresses and manicured smiles. The false concern over sentimental lyrics.… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
You may not remember what a person said to you, you may not remember what a person did to you, but you… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
As a nurse, we have the opportunity to heal the heart, mind, soul and body of our patients, their families and ourselves.… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Growing up, I decided, a long time ago, I wouldn't accept any manmade differences between human beings, differences made at somebody else's… — 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
I think I have had so much blessing - I've had my brother, who was brilliant - I think my family came… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Something made greater by ourselves and in turn that makes us greater. — 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
