Maya AngelouThinkers

Abeyance is often a practical approach. When we don't know what to do, it's wise to do nothing, to sit down quietly... to quiet our hearts and minds and to breathe deeply.

Achievement requires time when great.

Action is intricately tied to knowing. To know and not to do is in fact not to know.

A Bad attitude is revealing of character. You can tell a lot about a person by the way they handle these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.

Being free is being able to accept people for what they are, and not try to understand all they are or be what they are.

Bitterness is, in contrast to anger, a cancer that eats upon the host and does nothing to the object of its displeasure.

Bitterness is like cancer in that it eats upon the host, whereas anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.

Character is discernable in how one handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.

Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without it one can't practice any other virtue consistently. One can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.

Creativity cannot be used up. The more you use, the more you have.