Maya Angelou Quotes
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There's something which impels us to show our inner souls. The more courageous we are, the more we succeed in explaining what we know.
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There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.
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Nothing succeeds like success. Get a little success, and then just get a little more.
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The need for change bulldozed a road down the center of my mind.
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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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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, and because of that I try to make sure that my experiences are positive.
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Our stories come from our lives and from the playwright's pen, the mind of the actor, the roles we create, the artistry of life itself and the quest for peace.
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In all my work, I try to say - 'You may be given a load of sour lemons, why not try to make a dozen lemon meringue pies?'
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It is a no-fail, incontrovertible reality: If you get, give. If you learn, teach. You can't do anything with that except do it.
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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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My life has been long, and believing that life loves the liver of it, I have dared to try many things, sometimes trembling, but daring still.
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I like to speak on matters which matter to human beings, and almost everything matters to human beings.
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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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It is possible and imperative that we discover a brave and startling truth.
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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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It's still scary every time I go back to the past. Each morning, my heart catches. When I get there, I remember how the light was, where the draft was coming from, what odors were in the air. When I write, I get all the weeping out.
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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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We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.
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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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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 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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It is impossible to struggle for civil rights, equal rights for blacks, without including whites. Because equal rights, fair play, justice, are all like the air: we all have it, or none of us has it. That is the truth of it.
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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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I know that I've been guided by God. I am obedient.