"Anything that works against you can also..." - Quote by Maya Angelou

“When teachers or people in authority put me down or in one way or another tried to make me feel less than equal to what they thought I should be - my mother was on my side. It was amazing.”

“Cooking certain dishes, like roast pork, reminds me of my mother.”

“If you must look back, do so forgivingly. If you will look forward, do so prayerfully. But the wisest course would be to be present in the present gratefully.”

“If this is a blessing, it is certainly very well disguised.”

“Friendship makes prosperity more brilliant, and lightens adversity by dividing and sharing it.”

“Bear calamities with meekness.”

“Let us learn from the English rulers the simple fact that the oppressors are blind to the enormity of their own misdeeds.”

“Winners see the gain; losers see the pain.”

“Life is not complex. We are complex. Life is simple, and the simple thing is the right thing.”