1,440 Quotes by maya angelou

My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who and how you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness.

I was very blessed to have family and friends, but particularly family, who told me I was not only all right, I was just right, so I believe that my brain is a good one, and it's lasting me very well.

Those who have something to say accept the fact that that's lonely. One already knows that there will be adversaries.

I look at some of the great novelists, and I think the reason they are great is that they're telling the truth. The fact is they're using made-up names, made-up people, made-up places, and made-up times, but they're telling the truth about the human being- what we are capable of, what makes us lose, laugh, weep, fall down, and gnash our teeth and wring our hands and kill each other and love each other.

The need for change bulldozed a road down the center of my mind.

The real difficulty is to overcome how you think about yourself.

Look heavenward and speak the word aloud. Peace. We look at our world and speak the word aloud. Peace.

Precious jewel, you glow, you shine, reflecting all the good things in the world. Just look at yourself.

I'm a religious woman. And I feel I have responsibility. I have no modesty at all. I'm even afraid of it - it's a learned affectation and it's just stuck on me like decals. Now I pray for humility because that comes from inside out.