Below, you'll find some of Maya Angelou's best quotes about life, love, selfhood and motivation. “Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.” “My wish for you is that you continue.

Marguerite Annie Johnson was born in St Louis MO and overcame many things in order to be a world famous published author.

From being abandoned by her parents at just four years old to becoming one of the 20th Century’s most iconic figures, Maya Angelou lived an extraordinary life at breakneck speed. Her story is as ...

On what would have been the writer and activist’s 90th birthday, we look back at some of her most life-affirming quotes. The writer, poet and civil rights activist Maya Angelou would have ...