

Just do right…Right may not be expedient, it may not be profitable, but it will satisfy your soul. Maya Angelou’s 3-Word Secret to Living Your Best Life | Oprah’s Master Classġ. The first, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969), tells of her life up to the age of seventeen, and brought her international recognition and acclaim. Angelou is best known for her series of autobiographies, which focus on her childhood and early adult experiences.

She has received dozens of awards and over thirty honorary doctoral degrees. She has published six autobiographies, five books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning more than fifty years. I’m finished with it.”Įxcerpt from Wikipedia: Maya Angelou (born Marguerite Ann Johnson Ap– May 28, 2014) is an American author and poet. I mean having enough courage to stand up and say, “I forgive. #6 Oprah interviewed Maya Angelou in 2013 Ħ. If I am not good to myself, how can I expect anyone else to be good to me? #5 Touched By An Angel I do not trust people who don’t love themselves and yet tell me, ‘I love you.’ There is an African saying which is: Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt. #3 The Distinguished Annie Clark Tanner Lecture, 16th-annual Families Alive Conference, Weber State University, May 8, 1997ģ. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.

If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die. Photo credit: Wikipedia, Maya Angelou Quotes and Sayings Maya Angelou Quotes and Sayingsġ.
