Psychology Quotes by Maya Angelou

I think when we don't know what to do it's wise to do nothing. Sit down quietly; quiet our hearts and minds…

— Maya Angelou

When I write, I tend to twist my hair. Something for my small mind to do, I guess.

— Maya Angelou

I don't think there's such a thing as autobiographical fiction. If I say it happened, it happened, even if only in my…

— Maya Angelou

I answer the heroic question Death, where is they sting? with It is here in my heart and mind and memories.

— Maya Angelou

“I swear to God, I rather you have a good mind than a cute behind.”

— Maya Angelou

The need for change bulldozed a road down the center of my mind.

— Maya Angelou

The most noble cause known to man is the liberation of the human mind and spirit.

— Maya Angelou

I answer the heroic question, 'Death, where is thy sting?' with 'It is in my heart and mind and memories.

— Maya Angelou

Let us live so we do not regret years of inertia and ignorance, so when we die we can say all of…

— Maya Angelou

Our stories come from our lives and from the playwright's pen, the mind of the actor, the roles we create, the artistry…

— Maya Angelou

I certainly do not adore the writer's discipline. I have lost lovers, endangered friendships, and blundered into eccentricity, impelled by a concentration…

— Maya Angelou

“Now no one is going to make you talk--possibly no one can. But bear in mind, language is man's way of communicating…

— Maya Angelou

As a nurse, we have the opportunity to heal the heart, mind, soul and body of our patients, their families and ourselves.…

— Maya Angelou

The plague of racism is insidious, entering into our minds as smoothly and quietly and invisibly as floating airborne microbes enter into…

— Maya Angelou

There is something more - the spirit, or the soul. I think that that quality encourages our courtesy and care and our…

— Maya Angelou

Martin Luther King was a human being with a brilliant mind, a powerful heart, and insight, and courage and also with a…

— Maya Angelou

Like a pianist runs her fingers over the keys, I'll search my mind for what to say. Now, the poem may want…

— Maya Angelou

Poetry and music are the best at the highest level of the human mind. Out of poetry, out of their need for…

— Maya Angelou

“Water isn't shaped like a river or ocean; it mists invisibly against metal and glass”

— Maya Angelou

The most difficult thing in the world, it seems to me, is to realize that I am a child of God; to…

— Maya Angelou