1,440 Quotes by maya angelou

We are more alike than unalike.

I am grateful to be a woman. I must have done something great in another life.

To grow up is to stop putting blame on parents

One isn't born with courage. One develops it by doing small courageous things.

I'm happy to be a writer - of prose, poetry, every kind of writing. Every person in the world who isn't a recluse, hermit or mute uses words. I know of no other art form that we always use.

Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise. I rise. I rise.

I know that you that you may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. If you accept that you have been defeated, you give power to the force that is trying to defeat you.

A cynical young person is almost the saddest sight to see, because it means that he or she has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing.

Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.