I am a Woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal Woman, that’s me.
MAYA ANGELOUI am a Woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal Woman, that’s me.
MAYA ANGELOUYou alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.
MAYA ANGELOUThe sisters and brothers that you meet give you the materials which your character uses to build itself.
MAYA ANGELOUAsk for what you want and be prepared to get it!
MAYA ANGELOUPoetry puts starch in your backbone so you can stand, so you can compose your life.
MAYA ANGELOUSuccess is loving life and daring to live it.
MAYA ANGELOUMy great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return.
MAYA ANGELOUAny book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.
MAYA ANGELOUI believe most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise.
MAYA ANGELOUMy mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy.
MAYA ANGELOUThe need for change bulldozed a road down the center of my mind.
MAYA ANGELOUWe need much less than we think we need.
MAYA ANGELOUFirst best is falling in love. Second best is being in love. Least best is falling out of love. But any of it is better than never having been in love.
MAYA ANGELOUIf one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform a million realities.
MAYA ANGELOULife is pure adventure, and the sooner we realize that, the quicker we will be able to treat life as art.
MAYA ANGELOUIf you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love.
MAYA ANGELOU