Maya Angelou quotes about education
9 quotations, each verified against its source and credited to the work it comes from — the wording as Maya Angelou wrote or said it, not as the internet passes it around. Drawn from the 214 in the full collection.
I learned to love my son without wanting to possess him and I learned how to teach him to teach himself.
Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with the shades of deeper meaning.
She was one of the few gentlewomen I have ever known, and has remained throughout my life the measure of what a human being can be.
But bear in mind, language is man's way of communicating with his fellow man and it is language alone which separates him from the lower animals.
During these years in Stamps, I met and fell in love with William Shakespeare. He was my first white love.
all knowledge is spendable currency, depending on the market.
She said that I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy.
I swear to God, I rather you have a good mind than a cute behind.
Without willing it, I had gone from being ignorant of being ignorant to being aware of being aware.
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