"I am a woman phenomenally, phenomenal woman that……" — Maya Angelou
"I am a woman phenomenally, phenomenal woman that is your grandmother, that is your mother, that is your sister, that is you and that is me."
—
Maya Angelou
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 avg (0 ratings)
761 Quotes by Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou has 761 quotes on this site.
A few more worth reading:
-
I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget…
-
If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.
-
When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.
-
My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love…
-
While I know myself as a creation of God, I am also obligated to realize and remember that everyone else…
-
Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.
-
My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go…
-
Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.
-
I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able…
-
If you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love.
-
Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You…
-
Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.
See all 761 quotes by Maya Angelou »
More Grandmother Quotes
This quote is filed under Grandmother Quotes,
one of 721 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
-
Gerald Boyd was a classic specimen of the self-made man. Born poor, he worked and studied his way up out…
— Russell Baker
-
Until 45 I can play a woman in love. After 55 I can play grandmothers. But between those ten years,…
— Ingrid Bergman
-
Probably the first time I left Italy was to travel by train to Lourdes. I went with my mother and…
— Andrea Bocelli
-
When your mother asks, 'Do you want a piece of advice?' it is a mere formality. It doesn't matter if…
— Erma Bombeck
-
I was literally the black sheep of the family, and there were definitely moments of discomfort while my grandmother was…
— Lisa Bonet
-
If a tie is like kissing your sister, losing is like kissing you grandmother with her teeth out.
— George Brett
-
My two grandmothers both died of cancer, so I understand how painful and difficult this disease is on the entire…
— Gisele Bundchen
-
I wish my mother had left me something about how she felt growing up. I wish my grandmother had done…
— Carol Burnett
-
My grandmother and I saw an average of eight movies a week, double features, second run.
— Carol Burnett
-
My grandmother and I followed my mother here, to a house a block north of Hollywood Boulevard but a million…
— Carol Burnett
-
Every time I see a cardinal, I know my grandmother is with me. This regal, red bird was Grandma's favorite.
— Kris Carr
-
There are only two families in the world, my old grandmother used to say, the Haves and the Have-nots.
— Miguel de Cervantes
See all 721 Grandmother Quotes »