When younger writers and poets, musicians and painters are weakened by a stemming of funds, they come to me saddened, not as full of dreams and excitement and ideas. I am then weakened and diminished, and made less rich. Maya Angelou diminishdreamexcitement share on social
My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and more intelligent than college professors. Maya Angelou collegeeducateignorance Change image and share on social
Elimination of illiteracy is as serious an issue to our history as the abolition of slavery. Maya Angelou abolitioneliminationhistory Change image and share on social
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 aloudbeautifulbible Change image and share on social
The need for change bulldozed a road down the center of my mind. Maya Angelou bulldozecenterchange Change image and share on social
Whatever you want to do, if you want to be great at it, you have to love it and be able to make sacrifices for it. Maya Angelou greatlovemake Change image and share on social
I've read everything Thomas Wolfe ever wrote; my brother and I memorized whole chapters of 'You Can't Go Home Again' and 'Look Homeward, Angel.' Maya Angelou angelbrotherchapter Change image and share on social
I want to write so well that a person is 30 or 40 pages in a book of mine... before she realizes she's reading. Maya Angelou bookminepage Change image and share on social
Modesty is a learned affectation. And as soon as life slams the modest person against the wall, that modesty drops. Maya Angelou affectationdroplearn Change image and share on social
Growing up, I decided, a long time ago, I wouldn't accept any manmade differences between human beings, differences made at somebody else's insistence or someone else's whim or convenience. Maya Angelou acceptagobeing Change image and share on social
