Best Maya Angelou Sayings
- Writing and cookery are just two different means of communication. Communication
- The fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable character is often met with amazement, distaste and even belligerance. It is seldom accepted… Acceptance
- The sadness of the women's movement is that they don't allow the necessity of love. See, I don't personally trust any revolution where love is… Allow
- I believe we are still so innocent. The species are still so innocent that a person who is apt to be murdered believes that the… Apt
- I know that when I pray, something wonderful happens. Not just to the person or persons for whom I'm praying, but also something wonderful happens… Grateful
- You can't forgive without loving. And I don't mean sentimentality. I don't mean mush. I mean having enough courage to stand up and say, 'I… Compassion
- What is a fear of living? It's being preeminently afraid of dying. It is not doing what you came here to do, out of timidity… Afraid
- I'm grateful to intelligent people. That doesn't mean educated. That doesn't mean intellectual. I mean really intelligent. What black old people used to call 'mother… Black
- Don't let the incidents which take place in life bring you low. And certainly don't whine. You can be brought low, that's OK, but don't… Bring
- I'm convinced of this: Good done anywhere is good done everywhere. For a change, start by speaking to people rather than walking by them like… Anywhere
- I have a feeling that I make a very good friend, and I'm a good mother, and a good sister, and a good citizen. I… All
- I know that I'm not the easiest person to live with. The challenge I put on myself is so great that the person I live… Bear
- On Saturday afternoons when all the things are done in the house and there's no real work to be done, I play Bach and Chopin… Afternoon
- I love the melodies in the Old Testament, how preachers highlight them when they read from the Scripture. But I was influenced forever by the… Beatitudes
- Independence is a heady draught, and if you drink it in your youth, it can have the same effect on the brain as young wine… Addictive
- Politicians must set their aims for the high ground and according to our various leanings, Democratic, Republican, Independent, we will follow. Politicians must be told… According
- Won't it be wonderful when black history and native American history and Jewish history and all of U.S. history is taught from one book. Just… All
- You are the sum total of everything you've ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot - it's all there. Everything influences each of us,… All
- Eating is so intimate. It's very sensual. When you invite someone to sit at your table and you want to cook for them, you're inviting… Cook
- Find a beautiful piece of art. If you fall in love with Van Gogh or Matisse or John Oliver Killens, or if you fall love… Admire
- Hold those things that tell your history and protect them. During slavery, who was able to read or write or keep anything? The ability to… Ability
- 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 Muslim, a good… Buddhist
- If you're serious, you really understand that it's important that you laugh as much as possible and admit that you're the funniest person you ever… Admit
- The most important thing I can tell you about aging is this: If you really feel that you want to have an off-the-shoulder blouse and… Aging
- Timidity makes a person modest. It makes him or her say, 'I'm not worthy of being written up in the record of deeds in heaven… Afraid
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