Top 258 Quotes by Maya Angelou

If I walked into the kitchen without washing my hands as a kid, I'd hear a loud 'A-hem!' from my mother or grandmother. Now I count on other people to do the same.

Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.

I wasn't a pretty girl. I was six feet tall at 15, you know.

If you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love.

I think we all have empathy. We may not have enough courage to display it.

Nothing succeeds like success. Get a little success, and then just get a little more.

I'm interested in women's health because I'm a woman. I'd be a darn fool not to be on my own side.

If I'm the people's poet, then I ought to be in people's hands - and, I hope, in their heart.

I love the song 'I Hope You Dance' by Lee Ann Womack. I was going to write that song, but someone beat me to it.

There's something which impels us to show our inner souls. The more courageous we are, the more we succeed in explaining what we know.