Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope. – Maya Angelou
The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned. – Maya Angelou
I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself. – Maya Angelou
All great achievements require time. – Maya Angelou
Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him. – Maya Angelou
Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible. – Maya Angelou
My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and more intelligent than college professors. – Maya Angelou
My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return. – Maya Angelou
History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again. – Maya Angelou
The need for change bulldozed a road down the center of my mind. – Maya Angelou
It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength. – Maya Angelou
Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean. – Maya Angelou
We allow our ignorance to prevail upon us and make us think we can survive alone, alone in patches, alone in groups, alone in races, even alone in genders. – Maya Angelou
Nature has no mercy at all. Nature says, “I’m going to snow. If you have on a bikini and no snowshoes, that’s tough. I am going to snow anyway.” – Maya Angelou
There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you. – Maya Angelou
If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die. – Maya Angelou
Be a rainbow in someone else’s cloud. – Maya Angelou
Jealousy in romance is like salt in food. A little can enhance the savor, but too much can spoil the pleasure and, under certain circumstances, can be life-threatening. – Maya Angelou
Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better. – Maya Angelou
[E]very day you should reach out and touch someone. People love a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back. – Maya Angelou
