Maya Angelou

I learned a long time ago the wisest thing I can do is be on my own side, be an advocate for myself and others like me.

Maya Angelou

I like to speak on matters which matter to human beings, and almost everything matters to human beings.

Maya Angelou

I think I know that I deserve better. And so I try for better. I’m never so put off that I would ever walk out of a place not having tried the best I could.

Maya Angelou

I think that that’s the wisest thing – to prevent illness before we try to cure something.

Maya Angelou

I think we have systematically and critically harmed ourselves and many young people by advising them not to try things.

Maya Angelou

I thought if I could face the worst danger voluntarily, and triumph, I would forever have power over it.

Maya Angelou

I want to be a good human being. I’m doing my best, and I’m working at it.

Maya Angelou

I was very blessed to have family and friends, but particularly family, who told me I was not only all right, I was just right, so I believe that my brain is a good one, and it’s lasting me very well.

Maya Angelou

I’m always disappointed when people don’t live up to their potential. I know that a number of people look down on themselves and consequently on everybody who looks like them. But that, too, can change.

Maya Angelou

I’m considered wise, and sometimes I see myself as knowing. Most of the time, I see myself as wanting to know. And I see myself as a very interested person. I’ve never been bored in my life.

Maya Angelou