#i

For Africa to me... is more than a glamorous fact. It is a historical truth. No man can know where he is going unless he knows exactly where he has been and exactly how he arrived at his present place. ↗

— Maya Angelou

#arrived #been #exactly #fact #glamorous

If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities. ↗

— Maya Angelou

#lucky #million #realities #solitary #totally

I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself. ↗

— Maya Angelou

#does #every #find #home #human

At fifteen life had taught me undeniably that surrender, in its place, was as honorable as resistance, especially if one had no choice. ↗

— Maya Angelou

#especially #fifteen #had #honorable #life

All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened. ↗

— Maya Angelou

#ideals #incredible #men #prepared #their

Most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise. ↗

— Maya Angelou

#most #opportunity #otherwise #plain #scarcity

Live rich, die poor; never make the mistake of doing it the other way round. ↗

— Walter Annenberg

#doing #live #make #mistake #never

Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told: "I'm with you kid. Let's go." ↗

— Maya Angelou

#i #kid #lapel #life #loves

When you get billions in aid and your weapons resupplied and your ammunition stock resupplied, you don't learn the lesson that war is bad and nobody wins. ↗

— King Abdullah II

#ammunition #bad #billions #get #learn

The need for change bulldozed a road down the center of my mind. ↗

— Maya Angelou

#change #down #mind #need #road