Quotes from Maya Angelou

Me había transmitido su palabra secreta con la que convocar un genio que había de servirme toda la vida: libros

Mom, did he mean he would have to kill my cat?" He was clutching the small animal so tightly I thought he himself might put an end to its miserable life. "Yes, if no one wanted it, they'd do away with it." "But Mom, isn't that place called a place for the protection of animals?

We are only as blind as we want to be

People were those who lived on my side of town. I didn't like them all, or, in fact, any of them very much, but they were people. These others, the strange pale creatures that lived in their alien unlife, weren't considered Folks.

My mission in life is not merely to survive but to thrive and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.

she'd find a hidden meaning in every pair of pants, then hurry home to be alone and write about romance

the only sure prediction in this whole world was you

The only thing you own is your story. Make sure it's a good one.

We have to go. Billie looked up from her drink and said, Speak for yourself. All I got to do is stay black and die.

You don't have to nurse her. There are nurses here to do that. I only want you to hold her hand.

Black folks can't change cause white folks won't change.

This is a wonderful day. I've never seen this one before.

I want her to have human contact as long as she is alive.

Jon, larger and more gentle, moved slowly, spoke seldom and seemed to have burdened with the responsibility of pondering the world's imponderables.

The ship of my life may or may not be sailing on calm and amiable seas. The challenging days of my existence may or may not be bright and promising.

I am Lady, and still your mother.¨

the ship of my life might or might not be sailing on calm seas. The challenging days of my existence might or might not be bright and promising. From that encounter on, whether my days are stormy or sunny and if my nights are glorious or lonely, I maintain an attitude of gratitude. If pessimism insists on occupying my thoughts, I remember there is always tomorrow. Today I am blessed.

I know for sure that love saves me. And that it is here to save us all. I know it's a sense, it's more close to us than air, more loud to us than hearing. I know it. I know that we can sit in it. Yes, love honey, and you know by that, I don't mean mush, or any, I don't mean romance, or sentimentality. I mean something is so, it can raise the dead. It can make a mountain move. I know it. I haven't done it, but i know it. As surely as I'm sitting here.

I can hear. I can speak. I have a son. I have a mother. I have a brother. I can dance. I can sing. I can cook. I can read. I can write.

Then after the fray, if I see I have vanquished you I would be embarrassed that I have brought all the pain, brought all the joy, brought all the fear, and the glory that I have lived through, to triumph over a single woman who did not know that she should be careful of who she calls out and I would not like myself very much.

It becomes easier to die and avoid conflicts than to maintain a constant battle with the superior forces of maturity.

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

Trust your brain to suggest a solution, then have the courage to follow through.

You may trod me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I'll rise.