“My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and more intelligent than college professors.”

“Maya Angelou, the famous African American poet, historian, and civil rights activist who is hailed be many as one of the great voices of contemporary literature, believes a struggle only makes a person stronger.”

“My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return.”

“Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.”

“I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands you need to be able to throw something back.”

“Life loves the liver of it.”

“My life has been one great big joke, a dance that's walked a song that's spoke, I laugh so hard I almost choke when I think about myself.”

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

“There is a very fine line between loving life and being greedy for it.”

“I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands you need to be able to throw something back.”

“Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends.”

“My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return.”

“Nothing will work unless you do.”