Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou
Maya Angelouwas an American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and was credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over 50 years. She received dozens of awards and more than 50 honorary degrees. Angelou is best known for her series of seven autobiographies, which focus on her childhood and early adult experiences. The first, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, tells of her...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth4 April 1928
CitySt. Louis, MO
CountryUnited States of America
Someone was hurt before you; wronged before you; beaten before you; humiliated before you; raped before you; yet, someone SURVIVED
Some people unable to go to school were more educated and even more intelligent than college professors.
See, you don't have to think about doing the right thing if you're for the right thing then you'll do it without thinking.
See, you dont have to think about doing the right thing if you are for the right thing then youll do it without thinking.
You may write me down in historyWith your bitter, twisted lies,You may trod me in the very dirtBut still, like dust, I'll rise.
The terrorist action of 9/11 gave birth to President Obama's entry to the White House. Not directly, but indirectly.
I don't believe the accident of birth makes people sisters or brothers. It makes them siblings. Gives them mutuality of parentage. Sisterhood and brotherhood is a condition people have to work at.
My life has been one great big joke, A dance that's walked, A song that's spoke, I laugh so hard I almost choke, When I think about myself.
Nature has no mercy at all. Nature says, I'm going to snow. If you have on a bikini and no snowshoes, that's tough. I am going to snow anyway.
i believe the most important single thing, beyond discipline and creativity is daring to dare
I answer the heroic question "Death, where is they sting?" with "It is here in my heart and mind and memories.
Lift up your eyes upon. This day breaking for you. Give birth again. To the dream.
love builds up the broken walland straigtens the crooked path.love keeps the stars in the firmament and imposes rhythm on te ocean tideseach of us is created of itand i suspecteach of us was created for it
love life, engage in it, give it all you've got. love it with a passion, because life truly does give back, many times over, what you put into it