Quotes

“Most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise.” Maya Angelou

“Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told: 'I'm with you kid. Let's go.'” Maya Angelou

“How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!” Maya Angelou

“The need for change bulldozed a road down the center of my mind.” Maya Angelou

“If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities.” Maya Angelou

“Self-pity in its early stages is as snug as a feather mattress. Only when it hardens does it become uncomfortable.” Maya Angelou

“I believe we are still so innocent. The species are still so innocent that a person who is apt to be murdered believes that the murderer, just before he puts the final wrench on his throat, will have enough compassion to give him one sweet cup of water.” Maya Angelou

“Effective action is always unjust.” Maya Angelou

“While the rest of the world has been improving technology, Ghana has been improving the quality of man's humanity to man.” Maya Angelou

“Some critics will write 'Maya Angelou is a natural writer' - which is right after being a natural heart surgeon.” Maya Angelou

“What one has to do usually can be done.” Eleanor Roosevelt

“Anyone who thinks must think of the next war as they would of suicide.” Eleanor Roosevelt

“Actors are one family over the entire world.” Eleanor Roosevelt

“Autobiographies are only useful as the lives you read about and analyze may suggest to you something that you may find useful in your own journey through life.” Eleanor Roosevelt

“Old age has deformities enough of its own. It should never add to them the deformity of vice.” Eleanor Roosevelt

“The only things one can admire at length are those one admires without knowing why.” Eleanor Roosevelt

“When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.” Eleanor Roosevelt

“There are practical little things in housekeeping which no man really understands.” Eleanor Roosevelt

“It is not more vacation we need - it is more vocation.” Eleanor Roosevelt

“Ambition is pitiless. Any merit that it cannot use it finds despicable.” Eleanor Roosevelt

“What you don't do can be a destructive force.” Eleanor Roosevelt

“Perhaps nature is our best assurance of immortality.” Eleanor Roosevelt

“Only a man's character is the real criterion of worth.” Eleanor Roosevelt

“Life must be lived and curiosity kept alive. One must never, for whatever reason, turn his back on life.” Eleanor Roosevelt

“I used to tell my husband that, if he could make me 'understand' something, it would be clear to all the other people in the country.” Eleanor Roosevelt

“I think that somehow, we learn who we really are and then live with that decision.” Eleanor Roosevelt

“I'm so glad I never feel important, it does complicate life!” Eleanor Roosevelt

“I can not believe that war is the best solution. No one won the last war, and no one will win the next war.” Eleanor Roosevelt

“My experience has been that work is almost the best way to pull oneself out of the depths.” Eleanor Roosevelt

“Justice cannot be for one side alone, but must be for both.” Eleanor Roosevelt