1,440 Quotes by maya angelou

I am convinced that words are things, and we simply don’t have the machinery to measure what they are. I believe that words are tangible things...

Children’s talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives.

Out of the huts of history’s shame I rise.

Eating is so intimate. It’s very sensual. When you invite someone to sit at your table and you want to cook for them, you’re inviting a person into your life.

The main thing in one’s own private world is to try to laugh as much as you cry.

And if a person is religious, I think it’s good, it helps you a bit. But if you’re not, at least you can have the sense that there is a condition inside you which looks at the stars with amazement and awe.

If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.

Easy reading is damn hard writing. But if it’s right, it’s easy. It’s the other way round, too. If it’s slovenly written, then it’s hard to read. It doesn’t give the reader what the careful writer can give the reader.

Love life. Engage in it. Give it all you’ve got. Love it with a passion because life truly does give back, many times over, what you put into it.