“If we accept being talked to any kind of a way, then we are telling ourselves we are not quite worth the best.“
-Maya Angelou
Tag: quotes
“All great achievements require time.”
-Maya Angelou
“…And while I don’t expect you to save the world, I do think it’s not asking too much for you to love those with whom you sleep, share the happiness of those whom you call friend, engage those among you who are visionary, and remove from your life those who offer you depression, despair, and disrespect.”
-Nikki Giovanni
“To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves—there lies the great, the singular power of self-respect.”
-Joan Didion
“Anyone who is interested in making change in the world also has to learn how to take care of herself, himself, theirself.”
-Angela Davis
“There is a price to pay for speaking the truth. There is a bigger price for living a lie.”
-Cornel West
“Your wealth can be stolen, but the precious riches buried deep in your soul cannot.”
-Minnie Riperton
“Stand up straight and realize who you are…”
-Maya Angelou
“…Play your own way. Don’t play what the public wants—you play what you want, and let the public pick up on what you’re doing—even if it does take them fifteen, twenty years.
-Thelonious Monk
“Sometimes when you are in a dark place, you think you’ve been buried, but you’ve actually been planted.”
-Christine Cane