The problem I have with haters is that they see my glory, but they don't know my story... — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
The children to whom we read simple stories may or may not show gratitude, but each boon we give strengthens the pillars… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Everyone has at least one story, and each of us is funny if we admit it. You have to admit you're the… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
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 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
When the storyteller tells the truth, she reminds us that human beings are more alike than unalike... A story is what it's… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
We are all creative, but by the time we are three of four years old, someone has knocked the creativity out of… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
All of my history as an African-American woman, as a Jewish woman, as a Muslim woman. I'm bringing everything I ever knew,… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
The autobiographer looks at life through the lens of his or her own life and really uses herself or himself as the… — 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
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
