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

“If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities.”

“Poetry puts starch in your backbone so you can stand, so you can compose your life.”

“Ah, Momma. I had never looked at death before, peered into its yawning chasm for the face of a beloved. For days my mind staggered out of balance. I reeled on a precipice of knowledge that even if I were rich enough to travel all over the world, I would never find Momma. If I were as good as God’s angels and as pure as the Mother of Christ, I could never have Momma’s rough slow hands pat my cheek or braid my hair.”

“Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.”

“It’s the fire in my eyes,”

“When you learn, teach. When you get, give.”

“To fly, we have to have resistance.”

“Imagination is more important than knowledge. For while knowledge defines all we currently know and understand, imagination points to all we might yet discover and create.”

“The important thing is this: to be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become.”

“If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.”

“As we risk ourselves, we grow. Each new experience is a risk.”

“Our strength grows out of our weaknesses.”