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
They who have health have hope; and they who have hope, have everything.
We are here to love each other. That is why you are alive. That is what life is for.
In a world so rife with vulgarity, with brutality and violence, love exists. I’m grateful to know that it exists.
Laugh...It's the sweetest thing one can do for oneself and one's fellow human beings.
You may not remember what a person said to you, you may not remember what a person did to you, but you will never forget how a person made you feel!
Listen carefully to what country people call mother wit. In those homely sayings are couched the collective wisdom of generations.
I've had people explain to me what one of my poems meant, and I've been surprised that it means that to them. If a person can use a poem of mine to interpret her life or his life, good. I can't control that. Nor would I want to.
I want to be representative of my race-the human race. I have a chance to show how kind we can be, how intelligent and generous we can be ...
Every Day you should reach out and touch someone
Let me tell so much truth. I want to tell the truth in my work. The truth will lead me to all.
Love is many things. It is varied. One thing love is not, is unsure.
All of childhood's unanswered questions must finally be passed back to the town and answered there. Heroes and bogey men, values and dislikes, are first encountered and labeled in that early environment. In later years they change faces, places and maybe races, tactics, intensities and goals, but beneath those penetrable masks they wear forever the stocking-capped faces of childhood.
Time itself is an individual gift. It is wise to cherish it carefully and give it away generously.
The idea of overcoming is always fascinating to me. It's fascinating because few of us realize how much energy we have expended just to be here today. I don't think we give ourselves enough credit for the overcoming.