1,440 Quotes by maya angelou

Ritie, don't worry 'cause you ain't pretty. Plenty pretty women I seen digging ditches or worse. You smart. I swear to God, I rather you have a good mind than a cute behind.

There is a kind of strength that is almost frightening in Black women. It's as if a steel rod runs right through the head down to the feet.

Some people cannot see a good thing when it is right here, right now. Others can sense a good thing coming when it is days, months, or miles away.

I have no modesty. Modesty is a learned affectation. It's like decal stuck up on a person.

I admire people who dare to take the language, English, and understand it and understand the melody.

Lord keep Your arm around my shoulder and Your hand over my mouth.

All God's children need traveling shoes.

Poetry and music are the best at the highest level of the human mind. Out of poetry, out of their need for poetry, human beings have developed the idea of God. And so when we sing, when we dance, when we speak poetry we are speaking out of God's mouth, each other out of the music from God's heart.

Nothing succeeds like success. Get a little success, and then just get a little more.