Maya Angelou

If men are God's gift to women, then God must really love gag gifts

If men are God's gift to women, then God must really love gag gifts

The first time someone shows you who they are, believe them.

The first time someone shows you who they are, believe them.

I’ve learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision.

I’ve learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision.

I do not believe that the accident of birth makes people sisters and brothers. It makes them siblings. Gives them read more

I do not believe that the accident of birth makes people sisters and brothers. It makes them siblings. Gives them mutuality of parentage. Sisterhood and brotherhood are conditions people have to work at. It's a serious matter. You compromise, you give, you take, you stand firm, and you're relentless...And it is an investment. Sisterhood means if you happen to be in Burma and I happen to be in San Diego and I'm married to someone who is very jealous and you're married to somebody who is very possessive, if you call me in the middle of the night, I have to come.

For Africa to me... is more than a glamorous fact. It is a historical truth. No man can know where read more

For Africa to me... is more than a glamorous fact. It is a historical truth. No man can know where he is going unless he knows exactly where he has been and exactly how he arrived at his present place.