# Quote — Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

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

- Author: [Maya Angelou](https://www.leafyquotes.com/maya-angelou.md)
- Book: [I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings](https://www.leafyquotes.com/maya-angelou/i-know-why-the-caged-bird-sings.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Maya_Angelou#I_Know_Why_the_Caged_Bird_Sings_(1969)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/maya-angelou/i-know-why-the-caged-bird-sings/childrens-talent-to-endure

## More from this book

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

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

> 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)