If I wanted to write, I had to be willing to develop a kind of concentration found mostly in people awaiting execution.… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
The country didn't get that way in a week; we've had years and years of getting behind in our economy. So President… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I never had that feeling that I had to carry the weight of somebody's ignorance around with me. And that was true… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
But from a distance. I would have left you whole and wholly for the delectation of those who wanted more and cared… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Had I known that the heart breaks slowly, dismantling itself into unrecognizable plots of misery... had I known yet I would have… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I never expected anyone to take care of me, but in my wildest dreams and juvenile yearnings, I wanted the house with… — 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
![“The country didn't get that way in a week; we've had years and years of getting behind in our economy. So President [Barack] Obama stepped into a hellhole and people wanted him to change it as soon as he came in. But he's got his adversaries to deal with in the House and Senate, so it's not easy.” quote by Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3ec/maya-angelou-104_adversaries_the-country-didn-t-get-that-way-in-a-wee_660911.jpg)
