Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou
Maya Angelouwas an American poet, memoirist, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and was credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over 50 years. She received dozens of awards and more than 50 honorary degrees. Angelou is best known for her series of seven autobiographies, which focus on her childhood and early adult experiences. The first, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, tells of her...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth4 April 1928
CitySt. Louis, MO
CountryUnited States of America
If you're going to live, leave a legacy. Make a mark on the world that can't be erased.
No sun outlasts its sunset, but will rise again and bring the dawn.
Lift up your eyes upon. This day breaking for you. Give birth again. To the dream.
There is no place where God is not.
It's a wonderful thing to know that there is something to know there is something greater than I am, and that is God itself.
When we cast our bread upon the waters, we can presume that someone downstream whose face we will never know will benefit from our action, as we who are downstream from another will profit from that grantor's gift
It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.
When we know better, we do better.
Eating is so intimate. It's very sensual. When you invite someone to sit at your table and you want to cook for them, you're inviting a person into your life.
Living a life is like constructing a building: if you start wrong, you'll end wrong.
No not me go find someone else to bring down
The woman who survives intact and happy must be at once tender and tough.
I would say you might encounter many defeats but you must never be defeated, ever. In fact, it might even be necessary to confront defeat. It might be necessary, to get over it, all the way through it, and go on. I would teach her to laugh a lot. Laugh a lot at the - and the silliest things and be very, very serious. I'd teach her to love life, I can bet you that.
Don't let anybody raise you. You've been raised.