Maya Angelou Quotes

“All great artists draw from the same resource: the human heart, which tells us all that we are more alike than we are unalike.”

― Maya Angelou, Letter to My Daughter

topic:heart humanity art

“Words mean more than what is written on paper. They need the human voice to give them deeper meaning.”

― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

topic:words meaning

“Although I had no regrets, I told myself sadly that growing up was not the painless process one expected it to be.”

― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

topic:pain

“You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them. Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud. DO NOT COMPLAIN. Make every effort to change things you do not like. If you cannot make a change, change...”

― Maya Angelou, Letter to My Daughter

topic:change difficulty

“Miss Kirwin was that rare educator who was in love with information. I will always believe that her love of teaching came not only from her liking for students but also from her desire to make sure that some of the things she knew would find new...”

― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

topic:education teaching

“He was a simple man who didn’t feel inferior about his lack of education and, even more amazing, showed no superiority because he had succeeded despite that lack.”

― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

topic:education success humility

“I wouldn’t miss Mrs. Flowers, because she had given me her secret word which would help me all my life: books.”

― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

topic:education books learning

“That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and even more intelligent than college professors. She encouraged me to listen carefully to country people’s sayings.”

― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

topic:education intelligence

“Hoping for the best, prepared for the worst, and unsurprised by anything in between.”

― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

topic:hope

“I had long known that there were worlds of difference between males and men as there were between females and women. Genitalia indicated sex, but work, discipline, courage and love were needed for the creation of men and women.”

― Maya Angelou, All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes

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