Quotes from Maya Angelou

The devil lives in our mistakes, the lord lives in our rights. Who lives in our ignorance, and who wins after all?

One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.

I'm a religious woman. And I feel I have responsibility. I have no modesty at all. I'm even afraid of it - it's a learned affectation and it's just stuck on me like decals. Now I pray for humility because that comes from inside out.

Give yourself time just to be with yourself.

All great acheivements require time.

On the day of your birth, the Creator filled countless storehouses, set aside for your use and yours alone.

Faith is the evidence of the unseen.

Your life is much more important that you can imagine... it is your first treasure.

I like to have guns around. I don't like to carry them.

I know that when I pray, something wonderful happens. Not just to the person or persons for whom I'm praying, but also something wonderful happens to me. I'm grateful that I'm heard.

Every December, I host a tree-trimming party. I serve chili with cornbread and lots of good wine. It's a wonderful party, and it shows how much adults like to play.

The language of all the interpretations, the translations, of the Judaic Bible and the Christian Bible, is musical, just wonderful. I read the Bible to myself; I'll take any translation, any edition, and read it aloud, just to hear the language, hear the rhythm, and remind myself how beautiful English is.