Maya Angelou
(27 quotes)
Wednesday Mar 8, 2023
Maya Angelou: What people remember
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.
Friday Dec 9, 2022
Maya Angelou: Defeats
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.
Monday Sep 19, 2022
Maya Angelou: The butterfly and its changes
We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.
Wednesday May 18, 2022
Maya Angelou: Love
Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.
Thursday May 5, 2022
Maya Angelou: What is success?
Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.
Wednesday Feb 16, 2022
Maya Angelou: Your inner light
Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.
Tuesday Nov 23, 2021
Maya Angelou: Predudice
Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.
Monday Sep 6, 2021
Maya Angelou: Change
If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain.
Wednesday Sep 23, 2020
Maya Angelou: Doing better
I did then what I knew how to do.
Now that I know better, I do better.
Tuesday Jun 2, 2020
Maya Angelou: What to do with things you don't like
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.
Tuesday Feb 13, 2018
Maya Angelou: Most people don't grow up
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
Monday Jan 8, 2018
Maya Angelou: Hate
Hate, it has caused a lot of problems in the world, but has not solved one yet.
Wednesday Jun 21, 2017
Maya Angelou: People know themselves
People know themselves much better than you do.
That's why it's important to stop expecting them to be something other than who they are.
Thursday Apr 20, 2017
Maya Angelou: Be truly accomplished
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.
Monday Mar 20, 2017
Maya Angelou: Being great at something
You can never be great at anything unless you love it.
Monday Dec 12, 2016
Maya Angelou: You alone
You alone are enough.
You have nothing to prove to anybody.
Thursday Oct 13, 2016
Maya Angelou: What do you decide?
You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.
Monday Sep 26, 2016
Maya Angelou: How amazing are you?
If you are always trying to be NORMAL, you will never know how AMAZING you can be.
Thursday Aug 18, 2016
Maya Angelou: Stepping onto a brand-new path
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.
Thursday May 12, 2016
Maya Angelou: Rhythm
Everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances.
Thursday Mar 10, 2016
Maya Angelou: Tomorrow
No matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.
Thursday Oct 2, 2014
Maya Angelou: Are you good to yourself?
If I am not good to myself, how can I expect anyone else to be good to me?
Thursday Sep 4, 2014
Maya Angelou: priorities
Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option.