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.
MAYA ANGELOULet 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.
MAYA ANGELOUEverything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances.
MAYA ANGELOUI’ve learned that even when I have pains, I don’t have to be one.
MAYA ANGELOUThe ache for home lives in all of us. The safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.
MAYA ANGELOUNo one can take the place of a friend, no one.
MAYA ANGELOUI don’t trust people who don’t love themselves and tell me, I love you. There is an African saying which is: Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt.
MAYA ANGELOUThe sisters and brothers that you meet give you the materials which your character uses to build itself.
MAYA ANGELOUI hope that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.
MAYA ANGELOUNo matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.
MAYA ANGELOUThe desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.
MAYA ANGELOUNothing can dim the light which shines from within.
MAYA ANGELOUAll great achievements require time.
MAYA ANGELOUYou may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I’ll rise!
MAYA ANGELOUMake every effort to change things you do not like. If you cannot make a change, change the way you have been thinking. You might find a new solution.
MAYA ANGELOUWithout courage we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can’t be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.
MAYA ANGELOUWhen you wish someone joy, you wish them peace, love, prosperity, happiness, all the good things.
MAYA ANGELOU