Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.Maya Angelou
Courage is the most important of all virtues, because without it we can't practice any other virtue with consistency.Maya Angelou
History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.Maya Angelou
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.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.Maya Angelou
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.Maya Angelou
Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.Maya Angelou
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.Maya Angelou
Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.Maya Angelou
The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.Maya Angelou
There is nothing so pitiful as a young cynic because he has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing.Maya Angelou
