The sadness of the womens movement is that they dont allow the necessity of love. See, I dont personally trust any revolution where love is not allowed. – Maya Angelou
Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told: Im with you kid. Lets go. – Maya Angelou
Ive learned that you shouldnt go through life with a catchers mitt on both hands you need to be able to throw something back. – Maya Angelou
Ive learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. – Maya Angelou
My life has been one great big joke, a dance thats walked a song thats spoke, I laugh so hard I almost choke when I think about myself. – Maya Angelou
While I know myself as a creation of God, I am also obligated to realize and remember that everyone else and everything else are also Gods creation. – Maya Angelou
One isnt necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We cant be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest. – Maya Angelou
Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you cant practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage. – Maya Angelou
If you dont like something, change it. If you cant change it, change your attitude. – Maya Angelou
Nothing will work unless you do. – Maya Angelou
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. – Maya Angelou
When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time. – Maya Angelou
The fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable character is often met with amazement, distaste and even belligerance. It is seldom accepted as an inevitable outcome of the struggle won by survivors, and deserves respect if not enthusiastic acceptance. – Maya Angelou
As far as I knew white women were never lonely, except in books. White men adored them, Black men desired them and Black women worked for them. – Maya Angelou
All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened. – Maya Angelou
Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time. – Maya Angelou
If you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love. – Maya Angelou
There is a very fine line between loving life and being greedy for it. – Maya Angelou
At fifteen life had taught me undeniably that surrender, in its place, was as honorable as resistance, especially if one had no choice. – Maya Angelou
