![]() ![]() If you cant change it, change your attitude. Leaving behind nights of terror and fear I rise Into a daybreak that’s wondrously clear I rise Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave. There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you. All quotes New Quotes (139) Change Children Giving Heart Inspirational Inspiring Life more. Let’s remember the poet, author, singer, and thinker with some of her most memorable quotes. Out of the huts of history’s shame I rise Up from a past that’s rooted in pain I rise I’m a black ocean, leaping and wide, Welling and swelling I bear in the tide. Today would have been Maya Angelou’s 89th birthday. If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die. You may shoot me with your words, You may cut me with your eyes, You may kill me with your hatefulness, But still, like air, I’ll rise.ĭoes my sexiness upset you? Does it come as a surprise That I dance like I’ve got diamonds At the meeting of my thighs? 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. ![]() Just like moons and like suns, With the certainty of tides, Just like hopes springing high, Still I’ll rise.ĭid you want to see me broken? Bowed head and lowered eyes? Shoulders falling down like teardrops, Weakened by my soulful cries?ĭoes my haughtiness offend you? Don’t you take it awful hard ’Cause I laugh like I’ve got gold mines Diggin’ in my own backyard. Feminist quotes for International Women’s Day. Maya Angelous poem serves as a powerful anthem of hope and determination. Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise - Everybody in the world uses words. You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may trod me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I’ll rise.ĭoes my sassiness upset you? Why are you beset with gloom? ’Cause I walk like I’ve got oil wells Pumping in my living room. Dreams are a driving force in Still I Rise.
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