MAYA ANGELOU

I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back.

I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.



I believe that every person is born with talent.


Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.


All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened.


All great achievements require time.


If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities.


If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.


Life loves the liver of it.


Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.


My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return.


My life has been one great big joke, a dance that's walked a song that's spoke, I laugh so hard I almost choke when I think about myself.


The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.


The idea is to write it so that people hear it and it slides through the brain and goes straight to the heart


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


We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated


When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.
Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.

I absolutly love her quotes!