Maya Angelou Tapestry Quotes & Sayings

Compassion is by nature gentle, peaceful, and soft, but it is very powerful. It is those who easily lose their patience who are insecure and unstable. Thus, to me, the arousal of anger is a direct sign of weakness. — Dalai Lama XIV

Problems are never as difficult as when they are your own. — Richelle E. Goodrich

I am by nature an optimist and by intellectual conviction a pessimist. — William Golding

Don't worry." He laughed. "I'm right here. I won't let you go." - Patrick — Jess Rothenberg

Oliver: You turned me down. So why, I wonder, did you decide Amelie would be a better choice?
Claire: She smells better. And she made me cookies. — Rachel Caine

8. EARTH comprises distances, great and small; danger and security; open ground and narrow passes; the chances of life and death. 9. The COMMANDER stands for the virtues of wisdom, sincerely, benevolence, courage and strictness. — Sun Tzu

We all should know that diversity makes for a rich tapestry, and we must understand that all the threads of the tapestry are equal in value no matter what their color. — Maya Angelou

She'd brought everybody apart, tearing the whole family that was once a compact groundwork into a whole new design, ugly and non-structured. — Diyar Harraz

When I started researching airline stewardesses, I found that the topic made for amusing cocktail party banter.
"You're writing a book about that? Wow, what fun!"
Yes, it was fun, but it was also serious history. Pretty women do not fit into what we have come to think of as serious history. Real history covers topics like Lincoln, World War II, or, frankly, anything involving powerful white males. — Victoria Vantoch

I think whenever we think of our hometowns, we tend to think of very specific people: with whom you rode on the school bus, who was your next door neighbor you were playing with, who your girlfriend was. It's always something very specific. — Joyce Carol Oates

Women are in the midst of an unfinished revolution. — Gloria Feldt

People who live on the devil's territory are automatically under his power — Sunday Adelaja

I'm like a shark, right at the top of the food chain. I take what I want, when I want. I truly am the reflection of perfection. — Ricky Martin