1,440 Quotes by maya angelou

We, unaccustomed to courage exiles from delight live coiled in shells of loneliness until love leaves its high holy temple and comes into our sight to liberate us into life. Love arrives and in its train come ecstasies old memories of pleasure ancient histories of pain. Yet if we are bold, love strikes away the chains of fear from our souls. We are weaned from our timidity In the flush of love's light we dare be brave And suddenly we see that love costs all we are and will ever be. Yet it is only love which sets us free.

Here on the pulse of this new day,/ You may have the grace to look up and out/ And into your sister's eyes, into/ Your brother's face, your country/ And say simply,/ Very simply,/ With hope,/ Good Morning.

jealousy is conceived only in insecurity and must be nourished in fear.

Don't let anybody raise you. You've been raised.

I'm a feminist. I've been a female for a long time now. It'd be stupid not to be on my own side.

Somehow, we have come to the erroneous belief that we are all but flesh, blood, and bones, and that's all. So we direct our values to material things.

Women been gittin' pregnant ever since Eve ate that apple.

I believe that quality level is determined primarily by the actual design of the product itself, not by quality control in the production process.

Her passion was never spent in public display.