Top Quotes by Dr. Maya Angelou

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.

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

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

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.

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

If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.

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

You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.

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

Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option.

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.

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

Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.

Top Quotes by Dr. Maya Angelou part 2

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

Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.

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

Never forget that you are unique, just like everyone else.

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

I’ve learned that you shouldn’t go through life with a catcher’s mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back.

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

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.

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

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’re always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.

Nothing will work unless you do.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.

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

Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.

Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option.

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

Never forget that you are unique, just like everyone else.

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

I’ve learned that you shouldn’t go through life with a catcher’s mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw something back.

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

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.

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

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.