# I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

- Author: [Maya Angelou](https://www.leafyquotes.com/maya-angelou.md)
- Quotes: 6
- Book page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/maya-angelou/i-know-why-the-caged-bird-sings

## Quotes

> Children's talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives.

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> I believe most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise.

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> Life is going to give you just what you put in it. Put your whole heart in everything you do, and pray, then you can wait.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/maya-angelou/i-know-why-the-caged-bird-sings/life-is-going.md)

> You don't have to think about doing the right thing. If you're for the right thing, then you do it without thinking.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/maya-angelou/i-know-why-the-caged-bird-sings/you-dont-have.md)

> The needs of a society determine its ethics.

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> At fifteen life had taught me undeniably that surrender, in its place, was as honorable as resistance, especially if one had no choice.

p. 212 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/maya-angelou/i-know-why-the-caged-bird-sings/at-fifteen-life.md)