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
I'm working at trying to be a Christian, and that's serious business. It's like trying to be a good Jew, a good… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Sunday, if I'm lucky, I'll go to church or listen to some good spiritual advice on the television or on the radio.… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I never have written every day. When I'm writing a book, I write Monday through Friday. I always try to take Saturday… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
If somebody is really trying to take your head off with a baseball bat - I don't know how long you're supposed… — 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
I'm just like you - I want to be a good human being. I'm doing my best, and I'm working at it.… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
In all the institutions I try to be present and accountable for all I do and leave undone. I know that eventually… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
If you are always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I think Clinton, after getting into office and into Washington, was shocked at being bludgeoned. So he spent time trying to be… — 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
It is very dangerous to make a person larger than life because, then, young men and women are tempted to believe, well,… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
If a human being dreams a great dream, dares to love somebody; if a human being dares to be Martin King, or… — 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
The main thing in one's own private world is to try to laugh as much as you cry. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
“Continue to be bold, courageous. Try to chose the wisest thing and once you’ve chosen the wisest thing go out and try… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Try to live your life in a way that you will not regret years of useless virtue and inertia and timidity. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
What I try to do is write. I may write for two weeks ‘the cat sat on the mat, that is that,… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I think that that's the wisest thing - to prevent illness before we try to cure something. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Now, after years of observation and enough courage to admit what I have observed, I try to plant peace if I do… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
If the door has been opened and I've been invited, or if I'm not invited and I somehow know I'm supposed to… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
“Can I do it? I'd rather not try and fail." "That's stupid talk, Maya. Every try will not succeed. But if you're… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
It's hard because people think they have something to lose and the truth is they have everything to gain in trying to… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Try to be all you can be to be the best human being you can be. Try to be that in your… — 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
