Maya Angelou

The woman who truly intends to live a good life is already living phenomenally since intent is part of the achievement.

Maya Angelou

The world had taken a deep breath and was having doubts about continuing to revolve.

Maya Angelou

The years and cold defeat live deep in lines along my face. They dull my eyes, yet I keep on dying, because I love to live.

Maya Angelou

There are some nights when sleep plays coy, aloof and disdainful. And all the wiles that I employ to win its service to my side are useless as wounded pride, and much more painful.

Maya Angelou

There is a kind of strength that is almost frightening in Black women. It’s as if a steel rod runs right through the head down to the feet.

Maya Angelou

There is a lot of ignorance, and I don’t mean intellectual ignorance. I mean people think that if you get something, it will take away from what I have. It’s just ignorance.

Maya Angelou

There is a very fine line between loving life and being greedy for it.

Maya Angelou

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

Maya Angelou

There is no place where God is not.

Maya Angelou

There is nothing a person can’t do, and there should be nothing a human being didn’t care about. It was the most positive encouragement I could have hoped for.

Maya Angelou