Quotes Tagged With :angelou

Frequently, I have been asked how I got to be this way. How did I, born black in a white country, poor....

The kindnesses … I never forget them. And so they keep one from becoming bitter. They encourage you....

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

The Black female is assaulted in her tender years by all those common forces of nature at the same time....

It was awful to be Negro and have no control over my life. It was brutal to be young and already trained....

Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.

When Great Trees FallWhen great trees fall,rocks on distant hills shudder,lions hunker downin tall grasses,and....

People whose history and future were threatened each day by extinction considered that it was only by....

Take a day to heal from the lies you’ve told yourself and the ones that have been told to you.

Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer. And let faith be the bridge....