Quotes from Maya Angelou

Out of the huts of history's shame I rise.

I've read everything Thomas Wolfe ever wrote; my brother and I memorized whole chapters of 'You Can't Go Home Again' and 'Look Homeward, Angel.'

Hope and fear cannot occupy the same space. Invite one to stay.

God puts rainbows in the clouds so that each of us - in the dreariest and most dreaded moments - can see a possibility of hope.

I am the dream and the hope of the slave

When you do nothing you feel overwhelmed and powerless. But when you get involved you feel the sense of hope and accomplishment that comes from knowing you are working to make things better.

Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. I rise. I rise. I rise.

Just as hope rings through laughter, it can also shine through tears.

While the rest of the world has been improving technology, Ghana has been improving the quality of man's humanity to man.

While the rest of the world has been improving technology, Ghana has been improving the quality of mans humanity to a man.

I don't trust anyone who doesn't laugh.

Martin Luther King was a human being with a brilliant mind, a powerful heart, and insight, and courage and also with a sense of humor. So he was accessible.

Nothing will work unless you do.

No sun outlasts its sunset, but will rise again and bring the dawn.

Stand up straight and realize who you are, that you tower over your circumstances. You are a child of God. Stand up straight.

All great achievements require time.

You will face many defeats in your life, but never let yourself be defeated.

I sustain myself with the love of family.

I want to thank you, Lord, for life and all that's in it. Thank you for the day and for the hour, and the minute.

Be certain that you do not die without having done something wonderful for humanity.

Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.

Stepping onto a brand-new path is difficult, but not more difficult than remaining in a situation, which is not nurturing to the whole woman.

We can learn to see each other and see ourselves in each other and recognize that human beings are more alike than we are unalike.

Courage allows the successful woman to fail - and to learn powerful lessons from the failure - so that in the end, she didn't fail at all.