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Maya Angelou Quotes
Short Bio:
Maya Angelou was born in st. Louis Missouri on the 4rth on April 1928. She was an American poet and civil rights activist.
More Notable Quotes:
"Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.
"Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.
"I know why the caged bird sings.
"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.
"If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.
"You may write me down in history with your bitter, twisted lines. You may trod me in the very dirt, but still, like dust, I'll rise.
"Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.
"Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option.
"The more you know of your history, the more liberated you are.
"Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.
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