If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die. Maya Angelou on respect
The fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable character is often met with amazement, distaste and even belligerance. It is seldom accepted as an inevitable outcome of the struggle won by survivors, and deserves respect if not enthusiastic acceptance. Maya Angelou on respect
If you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love. Maya Angelou on smile
It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength. Maya Angelou on strength
While the rest of the world has been improving technology, Ghana has been improving the quality of man's humanity to man. Maya Angelou on technology
When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time. Maya Angelou on time
It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength. Maya Angelou on time
All great achievements require time. Maya Angelou on time
Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time. Maya Angelou on time
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. Maya Angelou on travel
The sadness of the women's movement is that they don't allow the necessity of love. See, I don't personally trust any revolution where love is not allowed. Maya Angelou on trust
There's a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure the truth. Maya Angelou on truth
For Africa to me... is more than a glamorous fact. It is a historical truth. No man can know where he is going unless he knows exactly where he has been and exactly how he arrived at his present place. Maya Angelou on truth
As far as I knew white women were never lonely, except in books. White men adored them, Black men desired them and Black women worked for them. Maya Angelou on women
The sadness of the women's movement is that they don't allow the necessity of love. See, I don't personally trust any revolution where love is not allowed. Maya Angelou on women
Nothing will work unless you do. Maya Angelou on work
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. Maya Angelou on work
If you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love. Maya Angelou on valentines day