1,440 Quotes by maya angelou

Thank you, always say thank you; it’s the greatest gift you can give someone; because thank you is what you say to God.

We cannot change the past, but we can change our attitude toward it. Uproot guilt and plant forgiveness. Tear out arrogance and seed humility. Exchange love for hate – thereby, making the present comfortable and the future promising.

It’s wonderful that whenever Patsy Cline’s name is mentioned, people’s voices fall and they become right sentimental. And, rightly so.

If men are God’s gift to women, then God must really love gag gifts.

If you happen to fall in love with someone in another race, it’s more difficult, because you have to translate yourself.

Education is a process that goes on ’til death. The moment you see someone who knows she has found the one true way, and can call all the others false, then you know you’re in the company of an ignoramus.

The sadness of the women’s movement is that they don’t allow the necessity of love. See, I don’t personally trust any revolution where love is not allowed.

In Stamps the segregation was so complete that most Black children didn’t really, absolutely know what whites looked like.

When I passed forty I dropped pretense, ’cause men like women who got some sense.