Quotes by Maya Angelou

“Any 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.”

“I sustain myself with the love of family.”

“A Woman in harmony with her spirit is like a river flowing.She goes where she will without pretense and arrives at her destination prepared to be herself and only herself ”

“All great achievements require time.”

“Nothing will work unless you do.”

“I want to thank you, Lord, for life and all that's in it. Thank you for the day and for the hour, and the minute. ”

“Each person deserves a day away in which no problems are confronted, no solutions searched for.”

“The caged bird sings with a fearful trill,of things unknown, but longed for still, and his tune is heard on the distant hill, for the caged bird sings of freedom.”

“Living 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...”

“Each of us has the right and the responsibility to assess the roads which lie ahead, and those over which we have traveled, and if the future road looms ominous or unpromising, and the roads back u...”

“Life is going to give you just what you put in it. Put your whole heart in everything you do, and pray, then you can wait.”

“Make every effort to change things you do not like. If you cannot make a change, change the way you have been thinking. You might find a new solution.”

“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.”

“That's what you want to do? Then nothing beats a trial but a failure. Give it everything you've got. I've told you many times, 'Cant do is like Dont Care.' Neither of them have a home.”

“I am overwhelmed by the grace and persistence of my people.”

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

“A friend may be waiting behind a stranger's face.”

“Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.”

“Everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances. ”

“I dreamt we walked together along the shore. We made satisfying small talk and laughed. This morning I found sand in my shoe and a seashell in my pocket. Was I only dreaming?”