Quotes by Maya Angelou

American poet and memoirist1928–2014

Maya Angelou is best known for her memoir I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969). “Still I Rise” comes from her 1978 poetry collection And Still I Rise.

You may trod me in the very dirt / But still, like dust, I’ll rise.

Maya AngelouStill I Rise, 1978