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
I thank God that I've lived long enough to see what I have seen, and I pray that people will continue to… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
There's racism and sexism and ageism and all sorts of idiocies. But bad news is not news. We've had bad news as… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Number of things happen after I was 50. One, you are hopefully secure in what you want to do - which means… — 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. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I'm very, very serious - I'm serious enough not to take myself too seriously. That means I can be completely wedded to… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
“This is not their place. In time they will pass. Ghana was here when they came. When they go, Ghana will be… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
“You’re itching to be on your own. You don’t want anybody telling you what time you have to be in at night… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
“Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible…We may encounter many defeats but we… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I learned a long time ago the wisest thing I can do is be on my own side, be an advocate for… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Each time I write a book, every time I face that yellow pad, the challenge is so great. I have written eleven… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
A great soul serves everyone all the time. A great soul never dies. It brings us together again and again. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
In spite of everything that was done to me and my race, in spite of the adversity and the bitter moments, again… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
If we live long enough, we may even get over war. I imagine a time when somebody will mention the word war… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
If you have done the best you can do and if you have gotten all you could extract from something, you have… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Since time is the one immaterial object which we cannot influence - neither speed up nor slow down, add to nor diminish… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
My mom was a terrible parent of young children. And thank God - I thank God every time I think of it… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
“If we tolerate vulgarity our future will sway and fall under a burden of ignorance. It need not be so. We have… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I'm really saddened by the attempts to separate and polarize. This is a time when we have hungry people, people out of… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Language. I loved it. And for a long time I would think of myself, of my whole body, as an ear. — 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
If you want what you're saying heard, then take your time and say it so that the listener will actually hear it.… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
'God put the rainbow in the clouds, not just in the sky'... It is wise to realize we already have rainbows in… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
This is my life. it is my one time to be me. i want to experience every good thing. — 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
