1,440 Quotes by maya angelou

Surviving is important. Thriving is elegant.

Alone, all alone Nobody, but nobody Can make it out here alone.

I thought if I could face the worst danger voluntarily, and triumph, I would forever have power over it.

One must know not just how to accept a gift, but with what grace to share it.

This conference ? of, for and about women ? is, in itself, a rainbow in the clouds. When numerous women come together and show that they care, not only for themselves but also for each other, that is the occasion when a rainbow is shining down on somebody else.

The quality of strength lined with tenderness is an unbeatable combination, as are intelligence and necessity when unblunted by formal education.

When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.

Being a woman is hard work.

If you will have a person enslaved, the first thing you must do is convince yourself that the person is subhuman. The second thing you have to do is convince your allies so you'll have some help, and the third and probably unkindest cut of all is to convince that person that he or she is subhuman and deserves it.