1,440 Quotes by maya angelou

If I’m here, I’ll be trying to be a better human being, a better writer, a better friend and a better beloved.

Bitterness is like cancer. It eats.

When you know you are of worth, you don’t have to raise your voice, you don’t have to become rude, you don’t have to become vulgar; you just are. And you are like the sky is, as the air is, the same way water is wet. It doesn’t have to protest.

When the human race neglects its weaker members, when the family neglects its weakest one – it’s the first blow in a suicidal movement.

But still, like air, I’ll rise.

Ritie, don’t worry ’cause you ain’t pretty. Plenty pretty women I seen digging ditches or worse. You smart. I swear to God, I rather you have a good mind than a cute behind.

If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love. Don’t be surly at home, then go out in the street and start grinning ‘Good morning’ at total strangers.

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.

I’m convinced of this: Good done anywhere is good done everywhere.