I know that I've been guided by God. I am obedient. Maya Angelou godguidehave Change image and share on social
Human beings love poetry. They don't even know it sometimes... whether they're the songs of Bono, or the songs of Justin Bieber... they're listening to poetry. Maya Angelou beingbieberbono Change image and share on social
Some critics will write 'Maya Angelou is a natural writer' - which is right after being a natural heart surgeon. Maya Angelou angeloucriticheart Change image and share on social
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 achehomelive Change image and share on social
When a person is going through hell, and she encounters someone who went through hellish hell and survived, then she can say, 'Mine is not so bad as all that. She came through, and so can I.' Maya Angelou badencounterhell Change image and share on social
Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness. Maya Angelou backcrawlcurl Change image and share on social
Once you appreciate one of your blessings, one of your senses, your sense of hearing, then you begin to respect the sense of seeing and touching and tasting, you learn to respect all the senses. Maya Angelou beginblessinghear Change image and share on social
Don't let the incidents which take place in life bring you low. And certainly don't whine. You can be brought low, that's OK, but don't be reduced by them. Just say, 'That's life.' Maya Angelou bringincidentlife Change image and share on social
What humility does for one is it reminds us that there are people before me. I have already been paid for. And what I need to do is prepare myself so that I can pay for someone else who has yet to come but who may be here and needs me. Maya Angelou humilitypaypeople share on social
When I was 8 years old I became a mute and was a mute until I was 13, and I thought of my whole body as an ear, so I can go into a crowd and sit still and absorb all sound. That talent or ability has lasted and served me until today. Maya Angelou abilityabsorbbody share on social
