Still, when it looked like the sun wasn't going to shine anymore, God put a rainbow in the clouds.

Some critics will write 'Maya Angelou is a natural writer'- which is right after being a natural heart surgeon.

Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.

Since time is the one immaterial object which we cannot influence- neither speed up nor slow down, add to nor diminish- it is an imponderably valuable gift.

It is to hope, though hope were lost.

There's an angel that's watching right over you All your trials have not been in vain Won't you lift your head up to the starry night Finding strength in the t…

O singers, resinous and soft your songs Above the sacred whisper of the pines, Give virgin lips to cornfield concubines, Bring dreams of Christ to dusky cane-l…