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Maya Angelou Quotes

«Here on the pulse of this new day,/ You may have the grace to look up and out/ And into your sister's eyes, into/ Your brother's face, your country/ And say simply,/ Very simply,/ With hope,/ Good Morning.»
Author: Maya Angelou (Poet)
«I'm not going anywhere. I came here to say something, and I'm not leaving until I'm finished.»
Author: Maya Angelou (Poet)
«He loved her. ... she can be talking to me about regular things but when she mentions Martin, her voice always falls a little bit and you can sense the intimacy. ... The sweetness of that relationship was always evident.»
Author: Maya Angelou (Poet)
«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.»
Author: Maya Angelou (Poet)
«I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings»
Author: Maya Angelou (Poet)
«I said, 'Don't worry about it -- I know our culture.'»
Author: Maya Angelou (Poet)
«I was thinking about that, about the journeys in the film, journey to the roots, journey to the heart. We're all on journeys.»
Author: Maya Angelou (Poet)
«Then I went back to my mother when I was 13 and she was ready for me.»
Author: Maya Angelou (Poet)
«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,»
Author: Maya Angelou (Poet)
«Mrs. Parks is for me probably what the Statute of Liberty was for immigrants. She stood for the future, and the better future.»
Author: Maya Angelou (Poet)