Quotes from Maya Angelou

My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy.

I've learned that I still have a lot to learn.

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 God's creation.

When you wish someone joy, you wish them peace, love, prosperity, happiness... all the good things.

To those who are given much, much is expected.

Love life. Engage in it. Give it all you've got. Love it with a passion because life truly does give back, many times over, what you put into it.

Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.

The sisters and brothers that you meet give you the materials which your character uses to build itself. It is said that some people are born great, others achieve it, some have it thrust upon them. In truth, the ways in which your character is built have to do with all three of those. Those around you, those you choose, and those who choose you.

The human heart...tells us that we are more alike than we are unalike.

While one may encounter many defeats, one must not be defeated.

If you're for the right thing, you do it without thinking.

My life has been one great big joke, A dance that's walked, A song that's spoke, I laugh so hard I almost choke, When I think about myself.