Maya Angelou Quotes

Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it. Maya Angelou

Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with shades of deeper meaning. Maya Angelou

When we cast our bread upon the waters, we can presume that someone downstream whose face we will never know will benefit from our action, as we who are downstream from another will profit from that grantor's gift. Maya Angelou

If you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love. Maya Angelou

If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded. Maya Angelou

One paints the beginning of a certain end. The other, the end of a sure beginning. Maya Angelou, from the poem Passing Time

While I know myself as a creation of God, I am also obligated to realize and remember that everyone else and everything else are also God's creation. Maya Angelou

Cause nobody,but nobody can make it out here alone. Maya Angelou, from the poem Alone

You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don't make money your goal. Instead, pursue the things you love doing, and then do them so well that people can't take their eyes off you. Maya Angelou

Love Is Internal. Maya Angelou, from the poem The Detached

Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it. Maya Angelou

Nothing will work unless you do. Maya Angelou

A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song. Maya Angelou