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
The most called-upon prerequisite of a friend is an accessible ear.
A woman who is convinced that she deserves to accept only the best challenges herself to give the best. Then she is living phenomenally.
Stepping onto a brand-new path is difficult, but not more difficult than remaining in a situation, which is not nurturing to the whole woman.
I've learned that making a 'living' is not the same thing as 'making a life'.
When you know better you do better.
If I am not good to myself, how can I expect anyone else to be good to me?
It's one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody.
Bitterness is like cancer. It eats...
It is impossible to struggle for civil rights, equal rights for blacks, without including whites. Because equal rights, fair play, justice, are all like the air: we all have it, or none of us has it. That is the truth of it.
You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.
Life loves the liver of it. You must live and life will be good to you.
We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter what their color.
We may act sophisticated and worldly but I believe we feel safest when we go inside ourselves and find home, a place where we belong and maybe the only place we really do.
If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities.