Maya Angelou’s Quotes on Expressing Emotions

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated.

Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

I can be changed by what happens to me, but I refuse to be reduced by it.

We need much less than we think we need.

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, and because of that, I try to make sure that my experiences are positive.

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

I’ve learned that every day you should reach out and touch someone. People love a warm hug or just a friendly pat on the back.

I believe that each of us comes from the creator trailing wisps of glory.

Maya Angelou’s Quotes on Expressing Emotions part 2

Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.

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.

It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.

When you learn, teach. When you get, give.

I work really hard to try to see the big picture and not be reactionary. But that can be really hard.

The ache for home lives in all of us. The safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.

Hope and fear cannot occupy the same space at the same time. Invite one to stay.

It is not a failure to readjust my sails to fit the waters I find myself in.

The truth is, no one of us can be free until everybody is free.

Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future, and renders the present inaccessible.

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

If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.

Hate, it has caused a lot of problems in this world, but it has not solved one yet.

I’ve learned that even when I have pains, I don’t have to be one.

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

Nothing will work unless you do.

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.

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

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.

If you get, give. If you learn, teach.

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

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.

I can be changed by what happens to me, but I refuse to be reduced by it.

Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.

I believe that each of us comes from the creator trailing wisps of glory.

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

The ache for home lives in all of us. The safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.

Hope and fear cannot occupy the same space at the same time. Invite one to stay.

The truth is, no one of us can be free until everybody is free.

Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future, and renders the present inaccessible.