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Maya Angelou Quotes
«God puts rainbows in the clouds so that each of us- in the dreariest and most dreaded moments- can see a possibility of hope.»
«We spend precious hours fearing the inevitable. It would be wise to use that time adoring our families, cherishing our friends, and living our lives.»
«It is the worst thing you can do, women, is whine, ... I mean the worst. Don't complain, protest.»
Author: Maya Angelou
(Poet)
«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.»
Author: Maya Angelou
(Poet)
«Black women have not historically stood in the pulpit, but that doesn't undermine the fact that they built the churches and maintain the pulpits.»
Author: Maya Angelou
(Poet)
«It is not the answer you look for that makes you strong. It's the ways that you take that define who you are and what you can do.»
Author: Maya Angelou
(Poet)
«Just as hope rings through laughter, it can also shine through tears.»
Author: Maya Angelou
(Poet)
«You can't be consistently fair, consistently generous, consistently just, or consistently merciful. You can be anything erratically, but to be that thing time after time after time, you have to have courage.»
Author: Maya Angelou
(Poet)
«This conference ? of, for and about women ? is, in itself, a rainbow in the clouds. When numerous women come together and show that they care, not only for themselves but also for each other, that is the occasion when a rainbow is shining down on somebody else.»
Author: Maya Angelou
(Poet)