1,440 Quotes by maya angelou

The desire to reach hearts is wise

I think I have had so much blessing - I've had my brother, who was brilliant - I think my family came closest to making a genius when they made my brother - Bailey was just all of that. He loved me.

Hope and fear cannot occupy the same space. Invite one to stay.

Though we are many, each of us is achingly alone, piercingly alone. Only when we confess our confusion can we remember that he was a gift to us and we did have him. He came to us from the creator, trailing creativity in abundance. Despite the anguish, his life was sheathed in mother love, family love, and survived and did more than that. He thrived with passion and compassion, humor and style. We had him whether we know who he was or did not know, he was ours and we were his.

You may write me down in historyWith your bitter, twisted lies,You may trod me in the very dirtBut still, like dust, I'll rise.

You don't have to tell everything you know, but let what you do say be the truth as you understand it.

I am serious, so I laugh a lot. You need to laugh. You don't laugh enough. I don't trust anyone who doesn't laugh.

Children's talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives.

While I know myself as a creation of God, I am also obligated to realize and remember that everyone else and everything else are also God's creation.