To be left alone on the tightrope of youthful unknowing is to experience the excruciating beauty of full freedom and the threat of eternal indecision.
Maya AngelouI am not competing with anyone other than myself. I want to be excellent at whatever I do.
Maya AngelouI wrote some of the worst poetry west from the Mississippi River, but I wrote. And I finally sometimes got it right.
Maya AngelouAll of my history as an African-American woman, as a Jewish woman, as a Muslim woman. I'm bringing everything I ever knew, and all the stories I've read - everything good, strong, kind and powerful. I bring it all with me into every situation, and I will not allow my life to be minimized by anybody's racism or sexism or ageism.
Maya Angelou