You may encounter defeats, but you must not be defeated. Maya Angelou More Quotes by Maya Angelou More Quotes From Maya Angelou Every day offers you 10,000 reasons to cry, but if you can find just one reason to laugh then you will be all right. Maya Angelou cryreasonlaughing One isn't born with courage. One develops it by doing small courageous things. Maya Angelou courageousborn We must infuse our lives with art. Our national leaders must be informed that we want them to use our taxes to support street theatre in order to oppose street gangs. We should have a well-supported regional theatre in order to oppose regionalism and. Maya Angelou should-haveorderart I live in an atmosphere of music. Maya Angelou atmosphere When we decide to be happy we accept the responsibility to bring happiness to someone else. Some decide that happiness and glee are the same thing, they are not. When we choose happiness we accept the responsibility to lighten the load of someone else and to be a light on the path to another who may be walking in darkness. Maya Angelou lightresponsibilitymotivational Creativity or talent, like electricity, is something I don't understand but something I'm able to harness and use. Maya Angelou creativityableuse You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage. Maya Angelou ariespracticecourage A single fantasy can transform a million realities. Maya Angelou millionsfantasyreality Hope does not take away your problems. It can lift you above them. Maya Angelou liftsproblemdoe While the rest of the world has been improving technology, Ghana has been improving the quality of man's humanity to man. Maya Angelou ghanatechnologymen Some critics will write 'Maya Angelou is a natural writer' - which is right after being a natural heart surgeon. Maya Angelou powerfulheartwriting All great artists draw from the same resource: the human heart, which tells us that we are all more alike than we are unalike. Maya Angelou resourcesartistheart I think music is one of the hero/sheroes of the African-American existence. Maya Angelou african-americanherothinking Elimination of illiteracy is as serious an issue to our history as the abolition of slavery. Maya Angelou abolition-of-slaveryissuesserious My greatest blessing has been the birth of my son. My next greatest blessing has been my ability to turn people into children of mine. Maya Angelou blessingchildrenson Whatever you want to do, if you want to be great at it, you have to love it and be able to make sacrifices for it. Maya Angelou sacrificeablepositive In so many ways, segregation shaped me, and education liberated me. Maya Angelou liberatedsegregationway The best comfort food will always be greens, cornbread, and fried chicken. Maya Angelou fried-foodchickenscomfort The more you know of your history, the more liberated you are. Maya Angelou liberatedknows I'm just someone who likes cooking and for whom sharing food is a form of expression. Maya Angelou likescookingexpression
