Quotes from Maya Angelou

Today is a wonderful day, I have never seen this one before.

We are only as blind as we want to be

My mission in life is not merely to survive but to thrive and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.

she'd find a hidden meaning in every pair of pants, then hurry home to be alone and write about romance

The only thing you own is your story. Make sure it's a good one.

Jon, larger and more gentle, moved slowly, spoke seldom and seemed to have burdened with the responsibility of pondering the world's imponderables.

I am Lady, and still your mother.¨

the ship of my life might or might not be sailing on calm seas. The challenging days of my existence might or might not be bright and promising. From that encounter on, whether my days are stormy or sunny and if my nights are glorious or lonely, I maintain an attitude of gratitude. If pessimism insists on occupying my thoughts, I remember there is always tomorrow. Today I am blessed.

I know for sure that love saves me. And that it is here to save us all. I know it's a sense, it's more close to us than air, more loud to us than hearing. I know it. I know that we can sit in it. Yes, love honey, and you know by that, I don't mean mush, or any, I don't mean romance, or sentimentality. I mean something is so, it can raise the dead. It can make a mountain move. I know it. I haven't done it, but i know it. As surely as I'm sitting here.

Then after the fray, if I see I have vanquished you I would be embarrassed that I have brought all the pain, brought all the joy, brought all the fear, and the glory that I have lived through, to triumph over a single woman who did not know that she should be careful of who she calls out and I would not like myself very much.

It becomes easier to die and avoid conflicts than to maintain a constant battle with the superior forces of maturity.

You cannot control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.