We are braver and wiser because they existed, those strong women and strong men... We are who we are because they were… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I'm considered wise, and sometimes I see myself as knowing. Most of the time, I see myself as wanting to know. And… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Time itself is an individual gift. It is wise to cherish it carefully and give it away generously. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
In an unfamiliar culture, it is wise to offer no innovations, no suggestions, or lessons. — 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
The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Each of us has that right, that possibility, to invent ourselves daily. If a person does not invent herself, she will be… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
A wise woman wishes to be no one's enemy; a wise woman refuses to be anyone's victim. — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Whether you are happy or whether you are sad, it is wise to remember you are really in process. — 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
When I want to think about what would be the right thing to do, the fair thing to do, the wise 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
