1. “I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself.”
2. “I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life’s a bitch. You’ve got to go out and kick ass.”
3. “If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities.”
4. “If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die.”
5. “If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.”
6. “If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.”
7. “If you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love.”
8. “Life loves the liver of it.”
9. “Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told: “I’m with you kid. Let’s go.””
10. “Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time.”

Still I Rise (poem)

Woman Work (poem)

Phenomenal Woman (Poem)

Maya Angelou (The Poet)

11 Things I’ve Learned (Maya Angelou)