Strength Maya Angelou Quotes & Sayings

I've learned to rely on the strength I inherited from all those who came before me-the grandmothers, sisters, aunts, and brothers who were tested with unimaginable hardships and still survived. 'I go forth alone, and stand as ten thousand,' Maya Angelou proclaimed in her poem 'Our Grandmothers.' When I move through the world, I bring all my history with me-all the people who paved the way for me are part of who I am. — Oprah Winfrey

When we sit in meditation, we are closer than usual to the world as it is. By simply bringing body, breath, and mind together in the present moment, we touch Buddha; we touch reality, and we are in the world as it is. Most people's experience in this state is peaceful and rejuvenating. — Andrew Furst

I am the dream and the hope of the slave. — Maya Angelou

The quality of strength lined with tenderness is an unbeatable combination, as are intelligence and necessity when unblunted by formal education. — Maya Angelou

A bad man is a good man's job — Lao-Tzu

Nietzsche has a very significant maxim. He says a tree that longs to reach the heights of heaven must sink its roots to the bottom of the earth. — Osho

Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently. — Maya Angelou

The big lesson in life, baby, is never be scared of anyone or anything. — Frank Sinatra

It doth make a man better,' quoth Robin Hood, 'to bear of those noble men so long ago. When one doth list to such tales, his soul doth say, 'put by thy poor little likings and seek to do likewise.' Truly, one may not do as nobly one's self, but in the striving one is better ... — Howard Pyle

Be doers of the word and not hearers only, deluding yourselves. — LeBron James

It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength. — Maya Angelou

There is a kind of strength that is almost frightening in Black women. It's as if a steel rod runs right through the head down to the feet. — Maya Angelou

Real happiness is not vulnerable, because it does not depend on circumstances. — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

I talk about things from the perspective of the consumer - mostly because that's what I am. A guy going out and buying things and sharing that experience with the viewer. Nothing should change that, but if it ever does, I'll absolutely make it known. — Marques Brownlee

Nothing can dim the light which shines from within. — Maya Angelou

What about evil, you may ask? Aren't some people just evil, just monsters, and aren't such people just unforgivable? I do believe there are monstrous and evil acts, but I do not believe those who commit such acts are monsters or evil. To relegate someone to the level of monster is to deny that person's ability to change and to take away that person's accountability for his or her actions and behavior. — Desmond Tutu

I wanted to do things to Richard that would make the sun grow cold with horror. — Thomas Ligotti