Love life. Engage in it. Give it all you’ve got. Love it with a passion because life truly does give back, many times over, what you put into it.
MAYA ANGELOULove life. Engage in it. Give it all you’ve got. Love it with a passion because life truly does give back, many times over, what you put into it.
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 ANGELOUIt is this belief in a power larger than myself and other than myself which allows me to venture into the unknown and even the unknowable.
MAYA ANGELOUEach time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women.
MAYA ANGELOUWords mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with shades of deeper meaning.
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 ANGELOUIf you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.
MAYA ANGELOUI’ve learned that even when I have pains, I don’t have to be one.
MAYA ANGELOUMy mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy.
MAYA ANGELOUHate, it has caused a lot of problems in the world, but has not solved one yet.
MAYA ANGELOUI don’t trust anyone who doesn’t laugh.
MAYA ANGELOULiving well is an art that can be developed: a love of life and ability to take great pleasure from small offerings and assurance that the world owes you nothing and that every gift is exactly that, a gift.
MAYA ANGELOUI did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.
MAYA ANGELOUWhen you wish someone joy, you wish them peace, love, prosperity, happiness, all the good things.
MAYA ANGELOUWe need much less than we think we need.
MAYA ANGELOUIn all the world, there is no heart for me like yours. In all the world, there is no love for you like mine.
MAYA ANGELOU