1,440 Quotes by maya angelou

I believe talent is like electricity. We don't understand electricity. We use it. You can plug into it and light up a lamp, keep a heart pump going, light a cathedral, or you can electrocute a person with it. Electricity will do all that. It makes no judgment. I think talent is like that. I believe every person is born with talent.

One of the saddest things in the world is to see a cynical young person.

Until blacks and whites see each other as brother and sister, we will not have parity. It's very clear.

Life loves the liver of it. You must live and life will be good to you.

I find in my poetry and prose the rhythms and imagery of the best - I mean, when I'm at my best - of the good Southern black preachers. The lyricism of the spirituals and the directness of gospel songs and the mystery of blues are in my music or in my poetry and prose, or I missed everything.

A great soul serves everyone all the time. A great soul never dies. It brings us together again and again.

It's amazing. I can do anything. And do it well. Any good thing, I can do it. That's why I am who I am, yes, because God loves me and I'm amazed at it. I'm grateful for it.

We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter what their color.

Every person needs to take one day away. A day in which one consciously separates the past from the future.