We must be warriors in the struggle against ignorance

Because of our routines we forget that life is an ongoing adventure.

On the day of your birth, the Creator filled countless storehouses, set aside for your use and yours alone.

People have to feel needed. Frequently, we just offer a job and 'perks.' We don't always offer people a purpose. When people feel there is a purpose and that they're needed, there's not much else to do except let them do the work.

I go to a hotel and try to get there by 5:30 in the morning. I keep a dictionary, a thesaurus, a bible, a deck of playing cards, a bottle of sherry, and stacks of yellow sticky pads. I shut myself in for six, seven hours. I have an arrangement with the hotel that no one may go in my room. After three or four months, they might slip notes under my door like, "Dear Ms. Angelou, please let us change the linens. We think they might be molding." It's probably true. I let them in if they promise not to touch anything other then the bed.

People don't always remember what you say or even what you do, but they always remember how you make them feel.

When we decide to be happy we accept the responsibility to bring happiness to someone else.