Poetry puts starch in your backbone so you can stand, so you can compose your life. Maya Angelou More Quotes by Maya Angelou More Quotes From Maya Angelou Every day I awaken I am grateful. My intent is to be totally present in that day. And laugh as much as possible. Maya Angelou i-am-gratefulgratefullaughing Give yourself time just to be with yourself. Maya Angelou giving Lord keep Your arm around my shoulder and Your hand over my mouth. Maya Angelou armsmouthshands Having courage does not mean that we are unafraid. Having courage and showing courage mean we face our fears. We are able to say, 'I have fallen, but I will get up.' Maya Angelou encouragingcouragefear I note the obvious differences between each sort and type, Maya Angelou notestypedifferences I’m grateful for being here, for being able to think, for being able to see, for being able to taste, for appreciating love – for knowing that it exists in a world so rife with vulgarity, with brutality and violence, and yet love exists. I’m grateful to know that it exists. Maya Angelou positivelovelife Stepping onto a brand-new path is difficult, but not more difficult than remaining in a situation, which is not nurturing to the whole woman. Maya Angelou changepathmotivational Each of us has the right and the responsibility to assess the roads which lie ahead, and those over which we have traveled, and if the future road looms ominous or unpromising, and the roads back uninviting, then we need to gather our resolve and, carrying only the necessary baggage, step off that road into another direction. If the new choice is also unpalatable, without embarrassment, we must be ready to change that as well. Maya Angelou choicesresponsibilitylying You think you may not be heard. Speak anyway. Maya Angelou speakmaythinking It is only out of ignorance that people are cruel, because they really don't think it will come back. Maya Angelou ignorancepeoplethinking Laugh and dare to try to love somebody, starting with yourself. You must love yourself first, of course, and you must protect yourself so that nobody overrides you, overrules you, or steps on you. Just say, 'Just a minute. I'm worth everything, dear.' Maya Angelou love-youtryinglaughing There's a place in you that you must keep inviolate. You must keep it pristine. Clean. So that nobody has a right to curse you or treat you badly. Nobody. No mother, father, no wife, no husband, no-nobody. You have to have a place where you say: 'Stop it. Back up. Don't you know I'm a child of God? Maya Angelou husbandmotherchildren One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest. Maya Angelou strengthinspiringinspirational A leader sees greatness in other people. He nor she can be much of a leader if all she sees is herself. Maya Angelou greatnessleaderpeople When you do nothing you feel overwhelmed and powerless. But when you get involved you feel the sense of hope and accomplishment that comes from knowing you are working to make things better. Maya Angelou honestyhopeintegrity Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness. Maya Angelou musiclonelyinspirational Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option. Maya Angelou moving-onsadpositive Just like moons and suns, With certainty of tides, Just like hopes springing high, Still I'll rise. Maya Angelou tidesmoonsun All great achievements require time. Maya Angelou encouragingsuccesspatience I think when we don't know what to do it's wise to do nothing. Sit down quietly; quiet our hearts and minds and breathe deeply. Maya Angelou wiseheartthinking
