1,440 Quotes by maya angelou

I am a WomanPhenomenally.Phenomenal Woman,that's me.

Jimmy Baldwin was a whirlwind who stirred everything and everybody. He lived at a dizzying pace and I loved spinning with him.

Frequently, I have been asked how I got to be this way. How did I, born black in a white country, poor in a society where wealth is adored and sought after at all costs, female in an environment where only large ships and some engines are described favourably by using the female pronoun-how did I get to be Maya Angelou?

Life likes to be taken by the lapel and told, "I'm with you kid. Let's go!

You may trod me in the very dirtBut still, like dust, I'll rise.

Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future, and renders the present inaccessible.

You are the sum total of everything you’ve ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot - it’s all there. Everything influences each of us, and because of that I try to make sure that my experiences are positive.

Soft you day, be velvet soft, My true love approaches, Look you bright, you dusty sun, Array your golden coaches.Soft you wind, be soft as silk My true love is speaking. Hold you birds, your silver throats, His golden voice I'm seeking.Come you death, in haste, do come My shroud of black be weaving, Quiet my heart, be deathly quiet, My true love is leaving.

Don't kneel please. Sometimes people put people on pedestals so they can see them more clearly and knock them off more easily