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,...
Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it. Maya Angelou
Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.
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.
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.
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 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.
Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes. Maya Angelou
Experience is merely the name men gave to their mistakes.
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.
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.
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!
How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes! Maya Angelou
How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!
At 50, I began to know who I was. It was like waking up to myself. Maya Angelou
At 50, I began to know who I was. It was like waking up to myself.
There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you. Maya Angelou
There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.
