Poetry puts starch in your backbone so you can stand, so you can compose your life.
MAYA ANGELOUPoetry puts starch in your backbone so you can stand, so you can compose your life.
MAYA ANGELOUThe desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.
MAYA ANGELOULive as though life was created for you.
MAYA ANGELOULove recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.
MAYA ANGELOUIf you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love.
MAYA ANGELOUIf I am not good to myself, how can I expect anyone else to be good to me?
MAYA ANGELOUI love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life’s a bitch. You’ve got to go out and kick ass.
MAYA ANGELOUA friend may be waiting behind a stranger’s face.
MAYA ANGELOUMy mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.
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 ANGELOUEach time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women.
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 ANGELOUSuccess is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.
MAYA ANGELOUEverything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances.
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 ANGELOUWords mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with shades of deeper meaning.
MAYA ANGELOU