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. Maya Angelou
History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, however, if faced with courage, need not be lived again. Maya Angelou
Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it. Maya Angelou
A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song. Maya Angelou
One isn’t necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can’t be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest. Maya Angelou
There is nothing so pitiful as a young cynic because he has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing. Maya Angelou
Self-pity in its early stages is as snug as a feather mattress. Only when it hardens does it become uncomfortable. Maya Angelou
If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude. Don’t complain. Maya Angelou
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. Maya Angelou
Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean. Maya Angelou
If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities. Maya Angelou
In Stamps [Arkansas] the segregation was so complete that most Black children didn’t really, absolutely know what whites looked like. Maya Angelou