Maya Angelou Quotes About Birth

• I do not believe that the accident of birth makes people sisters and brothers. It makes them siblings. Gives them mutuality of parentage. Sisterhood and brotherhood are conditions people have to work at. It's a serious matter. You compromise, you give, you take, you stand firm, and you're relentless...And it is an investment. Sisterhood means if you happen to be in Burma and I happen to be in San Diego and I'm married to someone who is very jealous and you're married to somebody who is very possessive, if you call me in the middle of the night, I have to come.

  Maya Angelou

  Brother, Sibling, Believe

• I don't believe an accident of birth makes people sisters or brothers. It makes them siblings, gives them mutuality of parentage. Sisterhood and brotherhood is a condition people have to work at.

  Maya Angelou

  Sister, Brother, Sibling

  Maya Angelou, Jeffrey M. Elliot (1989). “Conversations with Maya Angelou”

• Lift up your eyes upon
  This day breaking for you.
  Give birth again
  To the dream.
  Women, children, men,
  Take it into the palms of your hands.
  Mold it into the shape of your most
  Private need. Sculpt it into
  The image of your most public self.
  Lift up your hearts
  Each new hour holds new chances
  For a new beginning.

  Maya Angelou

  Dream, Children, New Beginnings

  Poem at 1992 Presidential Inaugural Ceremonies, delivered 21 January 1993

• My greatest blessing has been the birth of my son. My next greatest blessing has been my ability to turn people into children of mine.

  Maya Angelou

  Children, Son, Blessing

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

  Maya Angelou

  Life, Use, Birth

  FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Jun 20, 2011

• Courage allows the successful woman to fail - and to learn powerful lessons from the failure - so that in the end, she didn't fail at all.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Courage, Powerful

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