1,440 Quotes by maya angelou

I do not trust people who don't love themselves and yet tell me, 'I love you.' There is an African saying which is: Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt.

I'm just someone who likes cooking and for whom sharing food is a form of expression.

You build your 'COURAGE MUSCLE' daily, by being courageous in little things. Just do right..

In an unfamiliar culture, it is wise to offer no innovations, no suggestions, or lessons.

Each child belongs to all of us and they will bring us a tomorrow in direct relation to the responsibility we have shown to them.

Whenever I want to laugh, I read a wonderful book, 'Children's Letters to God.' You can open it anywhere. One I read recently said, 'Dear God, thank you for the baby brother, but what I prayed for was a puppy.'

When was the last time anyone ever told you how important you are?

One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential.

Live life as if it were created just for you.