Quotes from Maya Angelou

Courage is the most important of all virtues because without it we can't practice any other virtue with consistency.

I answer the heroic question, 'Death, where is thy sting?' with 'It is in my heart and mind and memories.

The only thing is, people have to develop courage. It is most important of all the virtues. Because without courage, you can't practice any other virtues consistently.

Alone, all alone Nobody, but nobody Can make it out here alone

Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends.

Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer. And let faith be the bridge you build to overcome evil and welcome good.

I find relief from the questions only when I concede that I am not obliged to know everything. I remind myself it is sufficient to know what I know, and that what I know, may not always be true.

I believe that quality level is determined primarily by the actual design of the product itself, not by quality control in the production process.

The desire to reach hearts is wise

Dare to let your dreams reach beyond you...

Education helps one case cease being intimidated by strange situations.

I think music is one of the hero/sheroes of the African-American existence.

Human beings are more alike than unalike, and what is true anywhere is true everywhere, yet I encourage travel to as many destinations as possible for the sake of education as well as pleasure.

I learned a long time ago the wisest thing I can do is be on my own side, be an advocate for myself and others like me.

I speak to the black experience, but I am always talking about the human condition.

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, the encountering may be the very experience which creates the vitality and the power to endure.

You forgive yourself for every failure because you are trying to do the right thing. God knows that and you know it. Nobody else may know it.

The thing to do, it seems to me, is to prepare yourself so you can be a rainbow in somebody else's cloud. Somebody who may not look like you. May not call God the same name you call God - if they call God at all. I may not dance your dances or speak your language. But be a blessing to somebody. That's what I think.

Face our fears. We are able to say, 'I Have Fallen, But I Will Get Up.'

In all the world there is no heart for me like yours. In all the world there is no love for you like mine.

I've learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you'll miss them when they're gone from your life.

My pride had been starched by a family who assumed unlimited authority in its own affairs.

Having courage does not mean that we are unafraid. Having courage and showing courage mean we face our fears. We are able to say, 'I have fallen, but I will get up.'

Leaving behind nights of terror and fear, I rise. Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear, I rise.