1,440 Quotes by maya angelou

Living well is an art that can be developed.

Every day I awaken I am grateful. My intent is to be totally present in that day. And laugh as much as possible.

The poetry you read has been written for you, each of you - black, white, Hispanic, man, woman, gay, straight.

It is the worst thing you can do, women, is whine, ... I mean the worst. Don't complain, protest.

One must learn to care for oneself first, so that one can then dare to care for someone else.

I'm convinced that I'm a child of God. That's wonderful, exhilarating, liberating, full of promise. But the burden which goes along with that is, I'm convinced that everybody is a child of God. . . . I weep a lot. I thank God I laugh a lot, too. The main thing in one's own private world is to try to laugh as much as you cry.

I'm not a writer who teaches. I'm a teacher who writes.

The public library building, in my view, is just a little lower than the church, the cathedral, the temple, the synagogue and the mosque. Within those walls and along those stacks, I have found security and assurance.

Hatred is the ballast of the rock which lies upon our necks and underfoot.