"I believe what I have to say..." - Quote by Maya Angelou

“When was the last time anyone ever told you how important you are?”

“You only are free when you realize you belong no place - you belong every place - no place at all. The price is high. The reward is great.”

“Women been gittin' pregnant ever since Eve ate that apple.”

“People are always angry at anyone who chooses very individual standards for his life; because of the extraordinary treatment which that man grants to himself, they feel degraded, like ordinary beings.”

“You are the only you ... You are the best you. You will always be the second best anyone else.”

“Comparison is the thief of all joy.”

“The end of labor is to gain leisure.”

“We thought of life by analogy with a journey, a pilgrimage, which had a serious purpose at the end, and the thing was to get to that end, success or whatever it is, maybe heaven after you’re dead. But we missed the point the whole way along. It was a musical thing and you were supposed to sing or to dance while the music was being played.”

“The use of a thing is only a part of its significance. To know anything thoroughly, to have the full command of it in all its appliances, we must study it on its own account, independently of any special application.”