MAYA ANGELOU QUOTES ABOUT LIFE LESSONS

“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.”

“If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.”

“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.”

“I’ve learned that making a living is not the same as making a life.”

“Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.”

“We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated.”

“You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.”

“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 you.”

“I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.”

“Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.”

“Nothing will work unless you do.”

“You are the sum total of everything you’ve ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot – it’s all there. Everything influences each of us.”

“When you know better, you do better.” I WANT TO GO WITH YOU QUOTES

“You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.”

“Success is loving life and daring to live it.”

“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.”

“Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told: ‘I’m with you kid. Let’s go.'”

“I’ve learned that you shouldn’t go through life with a catchers mitt on both hands. You need to be able to throw something back.”

“You may write me down in history with your bitter, twisted lines. You may trod me in the very dirt, but still, like dust, I’ll rise.”

“I don’t trust anyone who doesn’t laugh.”

“A wise woman wishes to be no one’s enemy; a wise woman refuses to be anyone’s victim.”

“I work very hard, and I play very hard. I’m grateful for life. And I live it – I believe life loves the liver of it. I live it.”

“Courage is the most important of all the virtues because, without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently.”

“Stepping onto a brand-new path is difficult, but not more difficult than remaining in a situation that is not nurturing to the whole person.”

“You are the ancestor that your descendants will look back on, so make sure you speak and act in a way that will make them proud.”