You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage. Maya Angelou More Quotes by Maya Angelou More Quotes From Maya Angelou What I think it really means is: I'm a teacher. I am a teacher. I teach all the time, as you do and as all of you do-whether we know it or not, whether we take responsibility for it or not. I hold nothing back because I want to see that light go off. I like to see the children say, 'I never thought of that before.' And I think, 'I've got them!' Maya Angelou teachermeanchildren When we decide to be happy we accept the responsibility to bring happiness to someone else. Maya Angelou acceptingresponsibilityinspiring This is my life. it is my one time to be me. i want to experience every good thing. Maya Angelou good-thingswantlife I always knew from that moment, from the time I found myself at home in that little segregated library in the South, all the way up until I walked up the steps of the New York City library, I always felt, in any town, if I can get to a library, I'll be okay. It really helped me as a child, and that never left me. So I have a special place for every library, in my heart of hearts. Maya Angelou new-yorkhomechildren Home is a refuge not only from the world, but a refuge from my worries, my troubles, my concerns. I like beautiful things around me. I like to be beautiful because it delights my eyes and my soul is lifted up. Maya Angelou eyehomebeautiful Shelter Network's programs and services are a rainbow in the clouds for homeless children and adults. Maya Angelou rainbowcloudschildren I believe talent is like electricity. We don't understand electricity. We use it. You can plug into it and light up a lamp, keep a heart pump going, light a cathedral, or you can electrocute a person with it. Electricity will do all that. It makes no judgment. I think talent is like that. I believe every person is born with talent. Maya Angelou motivationlifebelieve The area where we are the greatest is the area in which we inspire, encourage and connect with another human being. Maya Angelou areashumansinspire Exchange love for hate...Thereby, making the present comfortable and the future promising. Maya Angelou inspirational-forgivenesshatepeace There is a spirit in all music, the spirit has the ability to conjure up thoughts even pictures of something that happened or you wished would happen or you anticipate happening. Music has the ability to create ideas in you and me. It has the ability to encourage us to be creative. Maya Angelou creativespiritideas I agreed a long time ago, I would not live at any cost. If I am moved or forced away from what I think is the right thing, I will not do it. Maya Angelou longmovingthinking Food served is always more than just food served. That is to say, it is more than just fuel for the body. Depending upon who has prepared the food and who has served it and with what spirit, it can uplift the - and around the world, in every culture, food is used to flirt, to be coy, a raise in the employment or to search for employment. It can bring warring factions together. Maya Angelou flirtingupliftingtogether No one comes from the earth like grass. We come like trees. We all have roots. Maya Angelou earthrootstree The future is plump with promise. Maya Angelou promise The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise. Maya Angelou inspiringinspirationallife My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. Maya Angelou educationalmotherteacher Talent is like electricity. We don't understand electricity. We use it. Maya Angelou usewritingpositive The charitable say in effect, 'I seem to have more than I need and you seem to have less than you need. I would like to share my excess with you.' Fine, if my excess is tangible, money or goods, and fine if not, for I learned that to be charitable with gestures and words can bring enormous joy and repair injured feelings. Maya Angelou feelingsjoyneeds When we find someone who is brave, fun, intelligent, and loving, we have to thank the universe. Maya Angelou intelligentbravefun Making a decision to write was a lot like deciding to jump into a frozen lake. Maya Angelou lakeswritinginspiring
