More quotes by Maya Angelou

"A Woman in harmony with her spirit is like a river flowing.She goes where she will without pretense and arrives at her destination prepared to be herself and only herself"
"If I'm the people's poet, then I ought to be in people's hands - and, I hope, in their heart."
"My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style."
"Poetry puts starch in your backbone so you can stand, so you can compose your life."
"It is this belief in a power larger than myself and other than myself which allows me to venture into the unknown and even the unknowable."