Wisdom Quote by Maya Angelou — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“remember this: When you cross my doorstep, you have already been raised. With what you have learned...you know the difference between right and wrong. Do right. Don't anybody raise you from the way you have been raised. Know you will have to make adaptations, in love, in relationships, in friends, in society, in work, but don't let anybody change your mind.”

“The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.”

““We, unaccustomed to courage”

“I find it very difficult to let a friend or beloved go into that country of no return. I answer the heroic question, "Death, where is thy sting?" with "It is here in my heart, and my mind, and my memories.”

“We, unaccustomed to courage”

“Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently.”

“Having children makes you no more a parent than having a piano makes you a pianist.”

“It is a sad truth that those who crave and seek power, invariably abuse that power once they obtain it.”

“There's a difference between intellect and intelligence. Noise propagates the former, silence the later. Intellect is inherited, intelligence is inherent.”

“Change is like a river: nothing is the same, even for an instant. Everything is continually moving through the six stages of change: about to come into being, beginning, expanding, approaching maximum potential, peaking, and finally, passing its peak and flowing into its new condition.”

“Sometimes I think you're a very old and wise person disguised as you, I said.”

“You'd be surprised how easy some things can be, things you never thought you'd do, when you take self-respect out of the equation.”