I Had Given Up Some Youth For Knowledge, But My Gain Was More Valuable Than The Loss.

“I had given up some youth for knowledge, but my gain was more valuable than the loss.”

—Maya Angelou

“A wise woman wishes to be no one's enemy; a wise woman refuses to be anyone's victim.”

—Maya Angelou

“While I know myself as a creation of God, I am also obligated to realize and remember that everyone else and everything else are also God's creation.”

—Maya Angelou

“I believe that every person is born with talent.”

—Maya Angelou

“It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.”

—Maya Angelou

“What humility does for one is it reminds us that there are people before me. I have already been paid for. And what I need to do is prepare myself so that I can pay for someone else who has yet to come but who may be here and needs me.”

—Maya Angelou