Top 258 Quotes by Maya Angelou

About Maya Angelou

These are some quotes by American author Maya Angelou Poet, who lived between April 4, 1928 and May 28, 2014.

I speak to the black experience, but I am always talking about the human condition.

I speak to the black experience, but I am always talking about the human condition.

Maya Angelou

There is nothing so pitiful as a young cynic because he has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing.

There is nothing so pitiful as a young cynic because he has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing.

Maya Angelou

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

Maya Angelou

It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.

It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.

Maya Angelou

I write some country music. There's a song called 'I Hope You Dance.' Incredible. I was going to write that poem; somebody beat me to it.

I write some country music. There's a song called 'I Hope You Dance.' Incredible. I was going to write that poem; somebody beat me to it.

Maya Angelou

I got my own back.

I got my own back.

Maya Angelou

The language of all the interpretations, the translations, of the Judaic Bible and the Christian Bible, is musical, just wonderful. I read the Bible to myself; I'll take any translation, any edition, and read it aloud, just to hear the language, hear the rhythm, and remind myself how beautiful English is.

Maya Angelou

Black people comprehend the South. We understand its weight. It has rested on our backs... I knew that my heart would break if ever I put my foot down on that soil, moist, still, with old hurts. I had to face the fear/loathing at its source or it would consume me whole.

Maya Angelou

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