Everybody born comes from the Creator trailing wisps of glory. We come from the Creator with creativity. I think that each one… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I think a number of the leaders are, whether you like it or not, in the hip-hop generation. And when they understand… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I think the more we know the better we are. I mean not just facts. The more we know about each other,… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Listen to some good poetry. You see? It keeps us from thinking we are only what our blatant appetites describe us as. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Make every effort to change things you do not like. If you cannot make a change, change the way you have been… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Some of us are timid. We think we have something to lose so we don't try for that next hill. — 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… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
There are those who say that poets should use her and his art to change the world. I'd agree with that, but… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
“You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them. Try… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
What I think it really means is: I'm a teacher. I am a teacher. I teach all the time, as you do… — 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 can ask goodness in, show it how much you like it, make room for it. And it says, "Oh, I like… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
We really are 15 countries, and it's remarkable that each of us thinks we represent the real America. The Midwesterner in Kansas,… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I liked to write from the time I was about 12 or 13. I loved to read. And since I only spoke… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
The subject of the poem usually dictates the rhythm or the rhyme and its form. Sometimes, when you finish the poem and… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I love a statement by the apostle Paul, in the Book of Philippians in the Bible. I think the Corinthians had been… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I think that each of us is so much alike, and yet at the same time we are so different, and I… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Words are things. You must be careful, careful about calling people out of their names, using racial pejoratives and sexual pejoratives and… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
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
"Baby, you know?" my mother once said to me. "I think you're the greatest woman I've ever met - and I'm not… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
What we really have to do is take a day and sit down and think. The world is not going to end… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
“Let's tell the truth to people. When people ask, 'How are you?' have the nerve sometimes to answer truthfully. You must know,… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
When my grandmother died, I realized that even if I had millions of dollars, I couldn't find her anywhere on earth. My… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
You can't use up creativity, creative thinking builds on itself and increases the creativity of the thinker...You can't use up creativity. The… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“Mother whispered, 'See, you don't have to think about doing the right thing, If you're for the right thing, then you do… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Courage, I don't think anybody is born with courage. I think you may be born with a flair to braggadocio, you know.… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I think a nap or a rest overnight is great. But who needs three days of rest? Please! The second day, you… — 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
It is only out of ignorance that people are cruel, because they really don't think it will come back. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I think I know that I deserve better. And so I try for better. I'm never so put off that I would… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
My work is to be honest. My work is to try to think clearly, then have the courage to make sure that… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I do hope that young men and women will start to think for themselves and start to take responsibility for their own… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
It is better to control oneself, if one can, and not hit back. But on certain occasions, it is imperative to defend… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I wish that we could look into each other's faces, in each other's eyes, and see our own selves. I hope that… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I know some people might think it odd - unworthy even - for me to have written a cookbook, but I make… — 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… — 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
