Maya Angelou quotes

Now I’m where I belong.

Living our lives with flash and style

Ain’t we colorful folks?

I never heard them holler ’cause the work was hard.

Cotton rows crisscross the world

Alone. I remember now.

I’m stepping out on Your word.

Willie was a man without fame

Hate often is confused.

This cake is much too sweet.

Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.

You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.

Be certain that you do not die without having done something wonderful for humanity.

Never whine. Whining lets a brute know that a victim is in the neighborhood.

The birth of my son caused me to develop enough courage to invent my life.

All great artists draw from the same resource: the human heart, which tells us all that we are more alike than we are unalike.

The epitome of sophistication is utter simplicity.

I am convinced that most people do not grow up. We find parking spaces and honor our credit cards. We marry and dare to have children and call that growing up. I think what we do is mostly grow old.

Do not complain. Make every effort to change things you do not like. If you cannot make a change, change the way you have been thinking.

I gave birth to one child, a son, but I have thousands of daughters.

It is in the search itself that one finds the ecstasy.

I learned that a friend may be waiting behind a stranger’s face.

Stormy or sunny days, glorious or lonely nights, I maintain an attitude of gratitude. If I insist on being pessimistic, there is always tomorrow.

My life has been long, and believing that life loves the liver of it, I have dared to try many things, sometimes trembling, but daring, still.

I answer the heroic question, “Death, where is thy sting?” with “It is here in my heart, and my mind, and my memories.”