Description: Maya Angelou (born Marguerite Annie Johnson; April 4, 1928 – May 28, 2014) was an American memoirist, poet, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, and several books of poetry and is 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's series of seven autobiographies focuses on her childhood and early adult experiences. The first, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969), tells of her life up to the age of 17 and brought her international recognition and acclaim.
Profession: American memoirist and poet
The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.
People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.
The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.
There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.
If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.
You will face many defeats in life, but never let yourself be defeated.
Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends.
In all the world, there is no heart for me like yours. In all the world, there is no love for you like mine.
In all the world, there is no heart for me like yours. In all the world, there is no love for you like mine.
If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.
Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.
Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.
“If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.”
"Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better."
Sisters are different flowers from the same garden.
In all the world, there is no heart for me like yours. In all the world, there is no love for you like mine.