More quotes by Maya Angelou

"I don't trust people who don't love themselves and tell me, 'I love you.' ... There is an African saying which is: Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt."
"If you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love."
"Find a beautiful piece of art. If you fall in love with Van Gogh or Matisse or John Oliver Killens, or if you fall love with the music of Coltrane, the music of Aretha Franklin, or the music of Chopin - find some beautiful art and admire it, and realize that that was created by human beings just like you, no more human, no less."
"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."