Maya Angelou

A woman's heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek Him just to find her.

A Woman in harmony with her spirit is like a river flowing.She goes where she will without pretense and arrives at her destination prepared to be herself and only herself

Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.

Each person deserves a day away in which no problems are confronted, no solutions searched for.

In all the world, there is no heart for me like yours.In all the world, there is no love for you like mine.

Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time.

I sustain myself with the love of family.

There's a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure truth.

The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.

I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.(Popular misquote of "You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.")

To those who are given much, much is expected.

There is nothing so pitiful as a young cynic because he has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing.

I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw some things back.

Making a decision to write was a lot like deciding to jump into a frozen lake.

Life is going to give you just what you put in it. Put your whole heart in everything you do, and pray, then you can wait.

There is a very fine line between loving life and being greedy for it.

I don't trust people who don't love themselves and tell me, 'I love you.' ... There is an African saying which is: Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt.