Maya Angelou Quotes

I believe we are still so innocent. The species are still so innocent that a person who is apt to be murdered believes that the murderer, just before he puts the final wrench on his throat, will have enough compassion to give him one sweet cup of water.

Maya Angelou

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 4, 1928 - May 28, 2014

Topics

WaterCompassionSweetBelieveWill

The spirit of man can endure only so much and when it is broken only a miracle can mend it.

John Burroughs

StrengthManBrokenSpiritEndure

It's very unusual for scenes to be added for a character.

Jennifer Ehle

CharacterUnusualScenesVeryAdded

My mother was making $135 a week, but she had resilience and imagination. She might take frozen vegetables, cook them with garlic, onion and Spam, and it would taste like a four-star dinner.

Andre Dubus III

MotherImaginationDinnerResilience

Ireland starts for me with the end of 'The Dead,' which my father read to me from his desk in his basement office in New Albany, Ind.

John Jeremiah Sullivan

FatherMeEndDeskNewOffice

I'm just trying to write things that resonate with people. And when we're all going through something together, I think you smile after that - I hope that people leave inspired after one of my shows.

Andy Grammer

SmileHopeTogetherPeopleThink

If you've got style, you'll show it, no matter the city.

Amar'e Stoudemire

StyleCityYouMatterGotShow

If I read something on the news that really irritates me, I get my rageful venting out on Twitter. I'm more of my light side on Instagram.

Jonathan Van Ness

LightMeNewsMoreOutSide

Your personal capacity to handle more valuable projects will go up when you appreciate yourself more.

Brian Koslow

YourselfAppreciateYouGoPersonal

As long as I know that I give my best every time, I can sleep well knowing that.

Ciara

TimeBestSleepLongI CanKnow

When you attack a problem as though it were solvable, even though you don't know how to solve it, you will be shocked with what you come up with. It's 100 times more worth it. It's never 100 times harder.

Astro Teller

ProblemWorthYouKnowWillNever

The great model of the affection of love in human beings is the sentiment which subsists between parents and children.

William Godwin

LoveChildrenGreatParentsHuman

For ninety per cent of those who view him from outside, the Christian God looks like a great landowner administering his estates, the world. Now this conventional picture, which is too well justified by appearances, corresponds in no way to the dogmatic basis or point of view of the Gospels.

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

GodGreatWorldPictureViewLooks

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