1,440 Quotes by maya angelou

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

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

Develop enough courage so that you can stand up for yourself and then stand up for somebody else.

There's something which impels us to show our inner souls. The more courageous we are, the more we succeed in explaining what we know.

Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.

My mother is so full of joy and life. I am her child. And that is better than being the child of anyone else in the world.

On the day of your birth, the Creator filled countless storehouses, set aside for your use and yours alone.

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.

It's very hard for adults to maintain respect and romance so that a love affair can be sustained over years.