Maya Angelou (Born Mаrguеritе Anniе Jоhnѕоn; Aрril 4, 1928 – Mау 28, 2014) wаѕ аn Amеriсаn роеt, memoirist, аnd civil rights асtiviѕt. Shе рubliѕhеd ѕеvеn аutоbiоgrарhiеѕ, thrее bооkѕ of essays,...
The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise. Maya Angelou
The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.
If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love. Don't be surly at home, then go out in the street and start grinning 'Good morning' at total strangers. Maya Angelou
If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love. Don't be surly at home, then go out in the street and start grinning 'Good morning' at total strangers.
I am too fond of reading books to care to write them. Maya Angelou
I am too fond of reading books to care to write them.
I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. Maya Angelou
I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean. Maya Angelou
Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.
I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it. Maya Angelou
I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.
Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently. Maya Angelou
Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently.
You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody. Maya Angelou
You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.
What you're supposed to do when you don't like a thing is change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think about it. Don't complain. Maya Angelou
What you're supposed to do when you don't like a thing is change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think about it. Don't complain.
All great achievements require time. Maya Angelou
All great achievements require time.
I don't trust anyone who doesn't laugh. Maya Angelou
I don't trust anyone who doesn't laugh.
Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud. Maya Angelou
Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.
I've learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you'll miss them when they're gone from your life. Maya Angelou
I've learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you'll miss them when they're gone from your life.
No matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow. Maya Angelou
No matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.
You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise! Maya Angelou
You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise!
Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes. Maya Angelou
Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.
Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him. Maya Angelou
Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.
Success is loving life and daring to live it. Maya Angelou
Success is loving life and daring to live it.
You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them. Maya Angelou
You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.
I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better. Maya Angelou
I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.
There's a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure truth. Maya Angelou
There's a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure truth.
I believe that the most important single thing, beyond discipline and creativity is daring to dare. Maya Angelou
I believe that the most important single thing, beyond discipline and creativity is daring to dare.
My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style Maya Angelou
My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style
Stepping onto a brand-new path is difficult, but not more difficult than remaining in a situation, which is not nurturing to the whole woman. Maya Angelou
Stepping onto a brand-new path is difficult, but not more difficult than remaining in a situation, which is not nurturing to the whole woman.
The main thing in one's own private world is to try to laugh as much as you cry. Maya Angelou
The main thing in one's own private world is to try to laugh as much as you cry.
You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it. Maya Angelou
You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.
We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty. Maya Angelou
We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.
I've learned that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one. Maya Angelou
I've learned that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one.
Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option. Maya Angelou
Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option.
You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don’t make money your goal. Instead pursue the things you love doing and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off of you. Maya Angelou
You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don’t make money your goal. Instead pursue the things you love doing and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off of you.
