I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. Maya Angelou View this quote
That’s the biggest gift I can give anybody: ‘Wake up, be aware of who you are, what you’re doing and what you can do to prevent yourself from becoming ill.’ Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou
The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned. Maya Angelou
The black mother perceives destruction at every door, ruination at each window, and even she herself is not beyond her own suspicion. Maya Angelou
The caged bird sings with a fearful trill, of things unknown, but longed for still, and his tune is heard on the distant hill, for the caged bird sings of freedom. Maya Angelou
The children to whom we read simple stories may or may not show gratitude, but each boon we give strengthens the pillars of the world. Maya Angelou
The city became for me the ideal of what I wanted to be as a grown-up. Friendly, but never gushing, cool but not frigid or distant, distinguished without the awful stiffness. Maya Angelou
The desire to reach the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise and most possible. Maya Angelou
The happy heart runs with the river, floats on the air, lifts to the music, soars with the eagle, hopes with the prayer. Maya Angelou
The honorary duty of a human being is to love. Maya Angelou
The human heart is so delicate and sensitive that it always needs some tangible encouragement to prevent it from faltering in its labour. Maya Angelou
American poet and author
April 4th, 1928 - May 28th, 2014
