Maya Angelou Quotes About Inspiring
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The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.
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Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer. And let faith be the bridge you build to overcome evil and welcome good.
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I am a Woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal Woman, that's me.
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If you are always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be.
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When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.
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The problem I have with haters is that they see my glory, but they don't know my story.
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Be certain that you do not die without having done something wonderful for humanity.
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You only are free when you realize you belong no place - you belong every place - no place at all. The price is high. The reward is great.
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You can never be great at anything unless you love it.
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Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it!
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Life is pure adventure, and the sooner we realize that, the quicker we will be able to treat life as art.
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All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened.
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We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.
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Continue to be bold, courageous. Try to choose the wisest thing and once you've chosen the wisest thing go out and try to achieve it. Be it.
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The first thing I do in the morning when I awaken is say, 'Thank you, Lord!' I'm grateful to be alive, and I'm going to try to tell the truth as well as I know and tell it as eloquently as I can so that people can hear it.
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Someone was hurt before you, wronged before you, hungry before you, frightened before you, beaten before you, humiliated before you, raped before you... yet, someone survived... You can do anything you choose to do.
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We need to remember that we are all created creative and can invent new scenarios as frequently as they are needed.
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I am overwhelmed by the grace and persistence of my people.
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Let the brain go to work, let it meet the heart and you will be able to forgive.
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I am grateful to have been loved and to be loved now and to be able to love, because that liberates. Love liberates. It doesn't just hold - that's ego. Love liberates. It doesn't bind. Love says, 'I love you. I love you if you're in China. I love you if you're across town. I love you if you're in Harlem. I love you. I would like to be near you. I'd like to have your arms around me. I'd like to hear your voice in my ear. But that's not possible now, so I love you. Go.'
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Being a woman is hard work.
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Making a decision to write was a lot like deciding to jump into a frozen lake.
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We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.
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I look at some of the great novelists, and I think the reason they are great is that they're telling the truth. The fact is they're using made-up names, made-up people, made-up places, and made-up times, but they're telling the truth about the human being- what we are capable of, what makes us lose, laugh, weep, fall down, and gnash our teeth and wring our hands and kill each other and love each other.
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It is sad but true that sometimes we need the tragedy to help us to see how human we are and how we are more alike than we are different.
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When we decide to be happy we accept the responsibility to bring happiness to someone else.
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I believe that the most important single thing, beyond discipline and creativity is daring to dare.
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For a person who grew up in the '30s and '40s in the segregated South, with so many doors closed without explanation to me, libraries and books said, 'Here I am, read me.' Over time I have learned I am at my best around books.
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You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.
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I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way (s)he handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.
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