More From Maya Angelou
- "When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time."
- "My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and more intelligent than college professors."
- "History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again."
More In Change
- "Do not let circumstances control you. You change your circumstances."― Jackie Chan
- "If I want to knock a story off the front page, I just change my hairstyle."― Hillary Clinton
- "The Chinese government wants me to say that for many centuries Tibet has been part of China. Even if I make that statement, many people would just laugh. And my statement will not change past history. History is history."― Dalai Lama