“Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told: 'I'm with you kid. Let's go.'”
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Famous Maya Angelou Quotes
“The need for change bulldozed a road down the center of my mind.”
Source: The Collected Autobiographies of Maya Angelou
“If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities.”
Source: The Heart of a Woman
“Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.”
Source: Letter to My Daughter
“It's one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody.”
“I know for sure that love saves me and that it is here to save us all.”
“I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels.”
Source: Conversations with Maya Angelou
“People will never forget how you made them feel.”
Source: Rainbow in the Cloud: The Wisdom and Spirit of Maya Angelou
Source: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings