If I'm the people's poet, then I ought to be in people's hands - and, I hope, in their heart. Votes: 0
Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness. Votes: 0
I have a son, who is my heart. A wonderful young man, daring and loving and strong and kind. Votes: 0
Effective action is always unjust. Votes: 0
Loving someone liberates the lover as well as the beloved. And that kind of love comes with age. Votes: 0
Nothing will work unless you do. Votes: 0
When things were very bad his soul just crawled behind his heart and curled up and went to sleep Votes: 0
Just like moons and suns,With certainty of tides,Just like hopes springing high,Still I'll rise." Votes: 0
All great achievements require time. Votes: 0
Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean. Votes: 0
Love recognizes no barriers. Votes: 0
You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them. Votes: 0
No matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow. Votes: 0
I know why the caged bird sings. Votes: 0
Shakespeare must be a black girl. Votes: 0
When you wish someone joy, you wish them peace, love, prosperity, happiness... all the good things. Votes: 0
Inscribed on the temple of Apollo Votes: 0
Each person deserves a day away in which no problems are confronted, no solutions searched for. Votes: 0
Have enough courage to love. Votes: 0
Don't trust people who don't laugh Votes: 0
When you know better you do better. Votes: 0
Pretty Women Wonder Where My Secret Lies, Im Not Cute Or Built To Fit A Fashion Models Size. Votes: 0
Forgive yourself - no one else will. Votes: 0
I've learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision. Votes: 0
Elimination of illiteracy is as serious an issue to our history as the abolition of slavery. Votes: 0
Just like moons and suns, With certainty of tides, Just like hopes springing high, Still I'll rise. Votes: 0
The question is not how to survive, but how to thrive with passion, compassion, humor and style. Votes: 0
Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean Votes: 0
I believe that the most important single thing, beyond discipline and creativity is daring to dare. Votes: 0
He watched her every move and when she left the room, his eyes allowed her reluctantly to go. Votes: 0
I'm interested in women's health because I'm a woman. I'd be a darn fool not to be on my own side. Votes: 0
Develop enough courage so that you can stand up for yourself and then stand up for somebody else. Votes: 0
Leaving behind nights of terror and fear, I rise. Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear, I rise. Votes: 0
Freedom is never free. Votes: 0
I've conducted the Boston Pops! Imagine that! Me! Maya Angelou! I've sang and danced at La Scala! Votes: 0
Life loves the liver of it. Votes: 0
A mother's love liberates. Votes: 0
Ain't nothin' to it, but to do it. Votes: 0
All great acheivements require time. Votes: 0
All riddles are blues, / And all blues are sad, / And I'm only mentioning / Some blues I've had. Votes: 0
Always in the black spirituals there's that promise that things are going to be better, by and by. Votes: 0
Anything that works against you can also work for you once you understand the Principle of Reverse. Votes: 0
At our best, we are all teachers Votes: 0
At our best, we're all teachers Votes: 0
Because of technological breakthroughs, the society will need fewer and fewer unskilled laborers. Votes: 0
Being a woman is hard work. Votes: 0
Being physically close to extreme power causes one to experience a giddiness, an intoxication. Votes: 0
But still, like air, I'll rise Votes: 0
Continue. Be loving and be strong. Be fierce and be kind. And don't give in and don't give up.' Votes: 0
Don't bring negative to my door. Votes: 0
Everybody is worth everything. Votes: 0
Facts can obscure the truth. Votes: 0
Faith is the evidence of the unseen. Votes: 0
I come as one, but stand as 10,000. Votes: 0
I have great respect for the past. Votes: 0
I like to know what's happening. Votes: 0
I live in an atmosphere of music. Votes: 0
I'm a feminist. I've been a female for a long time now. It'd be stupid not to be on my own side. Votes: 0
I'm grateful to be of use. I will not be misused or abused, but I will be of use to anybody. Votes: 0
It is the worst thing you can do, women, is whine, .. I mean the worst. Don't complain, protest. Votes: 0
It may in fact be utterly impossible to be successful without helping others to become successful. Votes: 0
I've had rainbows in my clouds. Votes: 0
Language. I loved it. And for a long time I would think of myself, of my whole body, as an ear. Votes: 0
Laugh as much as you can. Votes: 0
Let me tell so much truth. I want to tell the truth in my work. The truth will lead me to all. Votes: 0
Look what you've already come through! Don't deny it. Say I'm stronger than I thought I was Votes: 0
Love liberates; it doesn't bind. Votes: 0
No human being can be more human than another human being. I liberate you from my ignorance. Votes: 0
Nothing hurts more than realizing they meant everything to you, but you meant nothing to them. Votes: 0
One must learn to care for oneself first, so that one can then dare to care for someone else. Votes: 0
Poetry gave me back my voice. Votes: 0
Preach it, I say preach it. Votes: 0
Some of us are timid. We think we have something to lose so we don't try for that next hill. Votes: 0
Still, when it looked like the sun wasn't going to shine anymore, God put a rainbow in the clouds. Votes: 0
Take a day to heal from the lies you've told yourself and the ones that have been told to you. Votes: 0
Tell the truth and not the facts. Votes: 0
The desire to reach hearts is wise Votes: 0
The future is plump with promise. Votes: 0
The intensity with which young people live demands that they "blank out" as often as possible. Votes: 0
The most important thing is to DARE. Votes: 0
The truth brings the past into the present and prepares us for the future. That's what truth does Votes: 0
The truth will lead me to all. Votes: 0
There is no place where God is not. Votes: 0
Time itself is an individual gift. It is wise to cherish it carefully and give it away generously. Votes: 0
Today, the first & last of every Tree/ Speaks to humankind. Come to me, here beside the River. Votes: 0
We all have that possibility, that potential and that promise of seeing beyond the seeming. Votes: 0
We are more alike than unalike. Votes: 0
We have it in us to be splendid. Votes: 0
When we decide to be happy we accept the responsibility to bring happiness to someone else. Votes: 0
When we find someone who is brave, fun, intelligent, and loving, we have to thank the universe. Votes: 0
When we know better, we do better. Votes: 0
Whether you are happy or whether you are sad, it is wise to remember you are really in process. Votes: 0
You build your 'COURAGE MUSCLE' daily, by being courageous in little things. Just do right.. Votes: 0
You can see in others what they don't see in themselves and what the world doesn't see in them, Votes: 0
Look for the beauty in things. Votes: 0
Don't let the man bring you down. Votes: 0