Maya Angelou: Trending quotes (page 8)

“The best candy shop a child can be left alone in, is the library”

“It 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.”

“History, despite its wrenching pain cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage need not be lived again.”

“How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!”

“We love and lose in China,
we weep on England's moors,
and laugh and moan in Guinea,
and thrive on Spanish shores.
We seek success in Finland,
are born and die in Maine.
In minor ways we differ,
in major we're the same.”

“We are all human; therefore, nothing human can be alien to us.”

“We are more alike, my friends, than we are unalike.”

“Making a decision to write was a lot like deciding to jump into a frozen lake.”

“It's in the click of my heels,
The bend of my hair,
the palm of my hand,
The need of my care,
'Cause I'm a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That's me.”

“Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women.”

“Just like moons and suns,
With certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I'll rise.”

“The quality of strength lined with tenderness is an unbeatable combination, as are intelligence and necessity when unblunted by formal education.”

“Love is that condition in the human spirit so profound that it allows me to survive, and better than that, to thrive with passion, compassion, and style.”

“At fifteen life had taught me undeniably that surrender, in its place, was as honorable as resistance, especially if one had no choice.”

“She comprehended the perversity of life, that in the struggle lies the joy.”

“I want all my senses engaged. Let me absorb the world's variety and uniqueness.”

“A person is the product of their dreams. So make sure to dream great dreams. And then try to live your dream.”

“I'm young as morning
and fresh as dew.
Everybody loves me
and so do you.”

“Here on the pulse of this new day
You may have the grace to look up and out
And into your sister's eyes,
Into your brother's face, your country
And say simply
Very simply
With hope
Good morning.”