Maya Angelou

I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.

All great achievements require time.

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

It is this belief in a power larger than myself and other than myself which allows me to venture into the unknown and even the unknowable.

Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time.

What you're supposed to do when you don't like a thing is change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think about it. Don't complain.

Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently.

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.

I want to thank you, Lord, for life and all that's in it. Thank you for the day and for the hour, and the minute.

Make every effort to change things you do not like. If you cannot make a change, change the way you have been thinking. You might find a new solution.

Living well is an art that can be developed: a love of life and ability to take great pleasure from small offerings and assurance that the world owes you nothing and that every gift is exactly that, a gift.

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.

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.

Stepping onto a brand-new path is difficult, but not more difficult than remaining in a situation, which is not nurturing to the whole woman.

First best is falling in love. Second best is being in love. Least best is falling out of love. But any of it is better than never having been in love.

The caged bird sings with a fearful trill,of things unknown, but longed for still, and his tune is heard on the distant hill, for the caged bird sings of freedom.

Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it!

No matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.