While one may encounter many defeats, one must not be defeated.
MAYA ANGELOUWhile one may encounter many defeats, one must not be defeated.
MAYA ANGELOUWhat you’re supposed to do when you don’t like a thing is change it. If you can’t change it, change the way you think about it. Don’t complain.
MAYA ANGELOUWomen should be tough, tender, laugh as much as possible, and live long lives.
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 ANGELOUWhen you wish someone joy, you wish them peace, love, prosperity, happiness, all the good things.
MAYA ANGELOUHoping for the best, prepared for the worst, and unsurprised by anything in between.
MAYA ANGELOUThe problem I have with haters is that they see my glory, but they don’t know my story.
MAYA ANGELOUThe need for change bulldozed a road down the center of my mind.
MAYA ANGELOULiving well is an art that can be developed: a love of life and ability to take great pleasure from small offerings and assurance that the world owes you nothing and that every gift is exactly that, a gift.
MAYA ANGELOUWhen you learn, teach, when you get, give.
MAYA ANGELOUI’ve learned that even when I have pains, I don’t have to be one.
MAYA ANGELOUYou may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.
MAYA ANGELOUIf I am not good to myself, how can I expect anyone else to be good to me?
MAYA ANGELOULove is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time.
MAYA ANGELOUEach time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women.
MAYA ANGELOUWhile I know myself as a creation of God, I am also obligated to realize and remember that everyone else and everything else are also God’s creation.
MAYA ANGELOU