Maya Angelou Quotes, Defeated You Quotes, Giving Quotes

I know that you that you may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. If you accept that you have been defeated, you give power to the force that is trying to defeat you.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Maya Angelou Quotes , Defeated You Quotes , Giving Quotes

Original thinking migrates each day in search of nourishment.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Maya Angelou Quotes , Thinking Quotes , Intellectual Quotes

Women been gittin' pregnant ever since Eve ate that apple.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Maya Angelou Quotes , Apples Quotes

Everybody is worth everything.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Maya Angelou Quotes

When the storyteller tells the truth, she reminds us that human beings are more alike than unalike... A story is what it's like to be a human being-to be knocked down and to miraculously arise. Each one of us has arisen, awakened. We do rise.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Maya Angelou Quotes , Writing Quotes , Stories Quotes

There is an amazing something in the American psyche which speaks about courage, and it says, 'Yes I can,' ... Yes, we will overcome it all because we have the spirit to do so.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Maya Angelou Quotes , Yes I Can Quotes , Overcoming Quotes

Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Maya Angelou Quotes , Positive Quotes , Moving On Quotes

Just because I am wheelchair-bound doesn't mean I don't get around.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Maya Angelou Quotes , Mean Quotes , Wheelchairs Quotes

The truth is very important. No matter how negative it is, it is imperative that you learn the truth, not necessarily the facts. I mean, that, that can come, but facts can stand in front of the truth and almost obscure the truth. It is imperative that students learn the truth of our history.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Maya Angelou Quotes , Mean Quotes , Important Quotes

I believe talent is like electricity. We don't understand electricity. We use it. You can plug into it and light up a lamp, keep a heart pump going, light a cathedral, or you can electrocute a person with it. Electricity will do all that. It makes no judgment. I think talent is like that. I believe every person is born with talent.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Maya Angelou Quotes , Life Quotes , Motivation Quotes

I’ve got a magic charm That I keep up my sleeve, I can walk the ocean floor And never have to breathe.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Maya Angelou Quotes , Ocean Quotes , Magic Quotes

I don't know how much longer I'll be around. I'll probably be writing when the Lord says, 'Maya, Maya Angelou, it's time.'

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Maya Angelou Quotes , Writing Quotes , Lord Quotes

I know that when I pray, something wonderful happens. Not just to the person or persons for whom I'm praying, but also something wonderful happens to me. I'm grateful that I'm heard.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Maya Angelou Quotes , Grateful Quotes , Praying Quotes

One of the problems we have as writers is we don't take ourselves seriously while writing; being serious is setting aside a time and saying if it comes, good; if it doesn't come, good, I'll just sit here.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Maya Angelou Quotes , Writing Quotes , Serious Quotes

To make a difference is not a matter of accident...People CHOOSE to make a difference.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Maya Angelou Quotes , Differences Quotes , People Quotes

All knowledge is spendable currency, depending on the market.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Maya Angelou Quotes , Life Quotes

Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise. I rise. I rise.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Maya Angelou Quotes , Inspirational Quotes , Dream Quotes

Each of us, famous or infamous, is a role model for somebody, and if we aren't, we should behave as though we are -- cheerful, kind, loving, courteous. Because you can be sure someone is watching and taking deliberate and diligent notes.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Maya Angelou Quotes , Role Models Quotes , Cheerful Quotes

No one comes from the earth like grass. We come like trees. We all have roots.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Maya Angelou Quotes , Roots Quotes , Tree Quotes

Had I not had my grandmother, who dared to be my rainbow in the clouds, I would have been just another sexually abused barefoot black girl on the roads of Arkansas.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Maya Angelou Quotes , Girl Quotes , Grandmother Quotes