Angelou Maya Gratitude Quotes & Sayings

The children to whom we read simple stories may or may not show gratitude, but each boon we give strengthens the pillars of the world. — Maya Angelou

Stormy or sunny days, glorious or lonely nights, I maintain an attitude of gratitude. — Maya Angelou

We have left behind the rosy agrarian rhetoric and slaveholding reality of Jeffersonian democracy and reside in the bustling world of trade, industry, stock markets, and banks that Hamilton envisioned. (Hamilton's staunch abolitionism formed an integral feature of this economic vision.) He has also emerged as the uncontested visionary in anticipating the shape and powers of the federal government. At a time when Jefferson and Madison celebrated legislative power as the purest expression of the popular will, Hamilton argued for a dynamic executive branch and an independent judiciary, along with a professional military, a central bank, and an advanced financial system. Today, we are indisputably the heirs to Hamilton's America, and to repudiate his legacy is, in many ways, to repudiate the modern world. — Ron Chernow

I was embarrassed when a businessman friend asked, 'What's the yearly budget of your talk show? What's the per-episode budget?' And I looked at him with these blank, typical-model eyes and said, 'I don't know.' I call myself a businesswoman, and I don't know that? — Tyra Banks

Guys think I'm staring them down, but they watch ME for signs. Why can't I do the same to them? — Roy Oswalt

Sometimes you have to let go to see if there was anything worth holding onto. — Socrates

Nothing can separate me from the love of God. — Ayrton Senna

I'm a single parent, a working mother, an executive, and an author. My greatest accomplishment will be to raise three wonderful children. — Ivana Trump

The ship of my life may or may not be sailing on calm and amiable seas. The challenging days of my existence may or may not be bright and promising. Stormy or sunny days, glorious or lonely nights, I maintain an attitude of gratitude. If I insist on being pessimistic, there is always tomorrow. Today I am blessed. — Maya Angelou

I have three women in the house. I get to be wrong three times a day. — Ben Affleck

For the first time since she'd pieced her heart back together, she felt a small tug at one of the strings. She dropped her hands to her sides and took a step back. The one word she'd waited to hear could destroy her carefully constructed life.
"Don't."
Don't make me forget. Don't make it better. Don't make me love you again.
- Autumn Haven — Rachel Gibson

This a a wonderful day. I've never seen this one before. — Maya Angelou

She had always thought the word 'pheromones' made it sound as though molecules were floating in the air, shaped like little fluted horns, ready to attach themselves to the nearest target. Microscopic Edison phonographs flying about, their brassy mouths puckered to sucker onto bare unsuspecting skin. These were what he sent out to her. The pheromones. The eyeless babies of energy. — Alice Pung

I always had the deepest affection for people who carried sublime tears in their silences. — Virginia Woolf

When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed. — Maya Angelou

Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer. And let faith be the bridge you build to overcome evil and welcome good. — Maya Angelou

The freedom to be someone else entirely and be different versions of something. That's what I loved and I loved watching movies and I loved watching television, I loved reading books. That kind of escapism into another world was my favorite thing. — Gwendoline Christie

I believe there's nothing I can't accomplish. — Isaiah Mustafa

People will say to me, 'You've played so many strong women' and I'll say, 'Have you ever said to a man, 'You've played so many strong men?' No! Because the expectation is [men] are varied. Why can't we have that expectation about women? — Meryl Streep

I always like to say that no matter what you want to do in life, if you stick with it, you're bound to eventually get good at it! — Rick Tramonto

You see these young people in Antigonish who are coming from Cape Breton, and these are really smart, attractive young people, who are living in a place that's been very rough economically. It's a very special thing to be helpful there. — Gerry Schwartz