“As far as I knew white women were never lonely, except in books. White men adored them, Black men desired them and Black women worked for them.”
Men
“It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.”
BeautyAll Quotes by Maya Angelou
“Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time.”
Love“Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.”
Courage“If you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love.”
Love“Nothing will work unless you do.”
Work“Life loves the liver of it.”
Life“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.”
Great“I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands you need to be able to throw something back.”
Learning“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.”
Courage“All great achievements require time.”
Great“When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.”
Time“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.”
Education“At fifteen life had taught me undeniably that surrender, in its place, was as honorable as resistance, especially if one had no choice.”
Life“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.”
God“I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself.”
Home“For Africa to me... is more than a glamorous fact. It is a historical truth. No man can know where he is going unless he knows exactly where he has been and exactly how he arrived at his present place.”
Truth“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
Learning“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.”
Good“While the rest of the world has been improving technology, Ghana has been improving the quality of man's humanity to man.”
Technology“All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened.”
Men