Maya Angelou Quotes
50. “I'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.”
49. “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
48. “What 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.”
47. “When someone shows you who they are believe them; the first time.”
46. “I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.”
45. “We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.”
44. “I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life's a bitch. You've got to go out and kick ass.”
43. “You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.”
42. “Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.”
41. “Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently.”
40. “I don't trust people who don't love themselves and tell me, 'I love you.' ... There is an African saying which is: Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt.”
39. “Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.”
38. “My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style”
37. “I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way (s)he handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.”
36. “I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.”
35. “Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time.”
34. “You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don’t make money your goal. Instead pursue the things you love doing and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off of you.”
33. “A woman's heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek Him just to find her.”
32. “Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option.”
31. “Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it!”
30. “Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.”
29. “If I am not good to myself, how can I expect anyone else to be good to me?”
28. “You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.”
27. “You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.”
26. “Stepping onto a brand-new path is difficult, but not more difficult than remaining in a situation, which is not nurturing to the whole woman.”
25. “Everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances.”
24. “Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.”
23. “The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.”
22. “You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I'll rise!”
21. “There's a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure truth.”
20. “Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.”
19. “I don't trust anyone who doesn't laugh.”
18. “My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return.”
17. “Most people don't grow up. Most people age. They find parking spaces, honor their credit cards, get married, have children, and call that maturity. What that is, is aging.”
16. “Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.”
15. “No matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.”
14. “Life is pure adventure, and the sooner we realize that, the quicker we will be able to treat life as art.”
13. “Hoping for the best, prepared for the worst, and unsurprised by anything in between.”
12. “When you learn, teach, when you get, give.”
11. “Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.”
10. “I've learned that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one.”
9. “Hate, it has caused a lot of problems in the world, but has not solved one yet.”
8. “Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer. And let faith be the bridge you build to overcome evil and welcome good.”
7. “We need much less than we think we need.”
6. “I've learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you'll miss them when they're gone from your life.”
5. ““A friend may be waiting behind a stranger's face.”
4. “If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love. Don't be surly at home, then go out in the street and start grinning 'Good morning' at total strangers.”
3. “Surviving is important. Thriving is elegant.”
2. “I sustain myself with the love of family.”
1. “When we find someone who is brave, fun, intelligent, and loving, we have to thank the universe.”
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