Maya Angelou Quotes
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You were a precious pearl How I loved to see you shine, You were the perfect girl. And you were mine. For a time. For a time. Just for a time.
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If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.
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There is nothing so pitiful as a young cynic because he has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing.
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I read the Bible to myself; I'll take any translation, any edition, and read it aloud, just to hear the language, hear the rhythm, and remind myself how beautiful English is.
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Nothing succeeds like success. Get a little success, and then just get a little more.
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The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.
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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 be reduced by them. Just say, 'That's life.'
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There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.
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I never expected anyone to take care of me, but in my wildest dreams and juvenile yearnings, I wanted the house with the picket fence from June Allyson movies. I knew that was yearning like one yearns to fly.
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I know for sure that loves saves me and that it is here to save us all.
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Bitterness is cancer - it eats upon the host. It doesn't do anything to the object of its displeasure.
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I know that one of the great arts that the writer develops is the art of saying, 'No. No, I'm finished. Bye.' And leaving it alone. I will not write it into the ground. I will not write the life out of it. I won't do that.
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I had given up some youth for knowledge, but my gain was more valuable than the loss.
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You have to develop ways so that you can take up for yourself, and then you take up for someone else. And so sooner or later, you have enough courage to really stand up for the human race and say, 'I'm a representative.'
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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 forgive. I'm finished with it.'
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We can learn to see each other and see ourselves in each other and recognize that human beings are more alike than we are unalike.
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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 some big beads and thong sandals and a dirndl skirt and a magnolia in your hair, do it. Even if you're wrinkled.
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I'm interested in women's health because I'm a woman. I'd be a darn fool not to be on my own side.
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Modesty is a learned affectation. And as soon as life slams the modest person against the wall, that modesty drops.
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I know that I've been guided by God. I am obedient.
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I'm always disappointed when people don't live up to their potential. I know that a number of people look down on themselves and consequently on everybody who looks like them. But that, too, can change.
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Self-pity in its early stage is as snug as a feather mattress. Only when it hardens does it become uncomfortable.
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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 they're stones that don't matter. As long as you're breathing, it's never too late to do some good.
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I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back.