“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
“Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.”
AngerAll Quotes by Maya Angelou
“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“If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die.”
Love“At fifteen life had taught me undeniably that surrender, in its place, was as honorable as resistance, especially if one had no choice.”
Life“I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself.”
Home“Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time.”
Love“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“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.”
Courage“When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.”
Time“It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.”
Beauty“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“There is a very fine line between loving life and being greedy for it.”
Life“The need for change bulldozed a road down the center of my mind.”
Change“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“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“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“Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told: 'I'm with you kid. Let's go.'”
Life“All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened.”
Men“Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.”
Anger“We allow our ignorance to prevail upon us and make us think we can survive alone, alone in patches, alone in groups, alone in races, even alone in genders.”
Alone