You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.
MAYA ANGELOUYou may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.
MAYA ANGELOUI believe most plain girls are virtuous because of the scarcity of opportunity to be otherwise.
MAYA ANGELOUWhen you wish someone joy, you wish them peace, love, prosperity, happiness, all the good things.
MAYA ANGELOUNothing will work unless you do.
MAYA ANGELOUDon’t let the man bring you down.
MAYA ANGELOUWhen you learn, teach, when you get, give.
MAYA ANGELOUSurviving is important. Thriving is elegant.
MAYA ANGELOUIf you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.
MAYA ANGELOUPoetry puts starch in your backbone so you can stand, so you can compose your life.
MAYA ANGELOUI’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
MAYA ANGELOUTalent is like electricity. We don’t understand electricity. We use it.
MAYA ANGELOUNo matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.
MAYA ANGELOUMusic was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.
MAYA ANGELOUA woman’s heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek him just to find her.
MAYA ANGELOUIf one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform a million realities.
MAYA ANGELOUI’ve learned that making a ‘living’ is not the same thing as ‘making a life’.
MAYA ANGELOU