May 28 Quotes
96 quotes in this collection
"You may write me down in history with your bitter, twisted lies, you may trod me in the very dirt but still, like dust, I'll rise."
-- Maya Angelou"Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with the shades of deeper meaning."
-- Maya Angelou"I've learned that every day you should reach out and touch someone. People love a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back."
-- Maya Angelou"In all my work, in the movies I write, the lyrics, the poetry, the essays, I am saying that we can survive."
-- Maya Angelou"I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life's a bitch. You've got to go out and kick ass."
-- Maya Angelou"The fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable character is often met with amazement, distaste and even belligerence."
-- Maya Angelou"There is nothing quite so tragic as a young cynic, because it means the person has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing."
-- Maya Angelou"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."
-- Maya Angelou"Most people don't grow up. Most people age. They find parking spaces, honor their credit cards, get married, have children, and call that maturity."
-- Maya Angelou"A woman's heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek Him just to find her."
-- Maya Angelou"Self-pity in its early stages is as snug as a feather mattress. Only when it hardens does it become uncomfortable."
-- Maya Angelou"I learned a long time ago the wisest thing I can do is be on my own side, be an advocate for myself and others like me."
-- Maya Angelou"Without courage we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest."
-- Maya Angelou
