Quotes from Maya Angelou

Yet it is only love which sets us free.

Most people don't grow up. Most people age. They find parking spaces, honor their credit cards, get married, have children, and call that maturity. What that is, is aging.

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.

Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.

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.

There were people who went to sleep last night, poor and rich and white and black, but they will never wake again. And those dead folks would give anything at all for just five minutes of this weather or ten minutes of plowing. So you watch yourself about complaining. What you're supposed to do when you don't like a thing is change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think about it.

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

When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed.

Surviving is important. Thriving is elegant.

Be present in all things and thankful for all things.

Without courage we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.

A Woman in harmony with her spirit is like a river flowing. She goes where she will without pretense and arrives at her destination prepared to be herself and only herself