I’ve learned that making a ‘living’ is not the same thing as ‘making a life’.
MAYA ANGELOUI’ve learned that making a ‘living’ is not the same thing as ‘making a life’.
MAYA ANGELOUI’ve learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you’ll miss them when they’re gone from your life.
MAYA ANGELOUDon’t let the man bring you down.
MAYA ANGELOUTo those who are given much, much is expected.
MAYA ANGELOUMost people don’t grow up. Most people age. They find parking spaces, honor their credit cards, get married, have children, and call that maturity. What that is, is aging.
MAYA ANGELOUIf you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love.
MAYA ANGELOUI am a Woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal Woman, that’s me.
MAYA ANGELOUIf you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.
MAYA ANGELOUMaking a decision to write was a lot like deciding to jump into a frozen lake.
MAYA ANGELOUNever make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option.
MAYA ANGELOUThe sisters and brothers that you meet give you the materials which your character uses to build itself.
MAYA ANGELOUThere is a very fine line between loving life and being greedy for it.
MAYA ANGELOULove recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.
MAYA ANGELOUYou can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.
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 ANGELOUWe need much less than we think we need.
MAYA ANGELOU