1,440 Quotes by maya angelou

Determine to live life with flair and laughter.

The love of the family, the love of one person can heal. It heals the scars left by a larger society. A massive, powerful society.

If you are always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be.

Some of us are timid. We think we have something to lose so we don't try for that next hill.

The language of all the interpretations, the translations, of the Judaic Bible and the Christian Bible, is musical, just wonderful. I read the Bible to myself; I'll take any translation, any edition, and read it aloud, just to hear the language, hear the rhythm, and remind myself how beautiful English is.

Strictly speaking, one cannot legislate love, but what one can do is legislate fairness and justice. If legislation does not prohibit our living side by side, sooner or later your child will fall on the pavement and I'll be the one to pick her up. Or one of my children will not be able to get into the house and you'll have to say, "Stop here until your mom comes here." Legislation affords us the chance to see if we might love each other.

I believe that each of us comes from the Creator trailing wisps of glory. So at this wonderful, young age of 65, I don't know yet what the Lord has for me to do. I try to live up to the energy and to the calling, but I wouldn't dare say I have even scratched the surface yet.

Cooking certain dishes, like roast pork, reminds me of my mother.

In all the world, there is no heart for me like yours. In all the world, there is no love for you like mine.