“People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
— Maya Angelou (1928-2014)
“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
— Maya Angelou (1928-2014)
“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.”
— Maya Angelou (1928-2014)
“Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently.”
— Maya Angelou (1928-2014)
“I don't trust people who don't love themselves and tell me, 'I love you.' ... There is an African saying which is: Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt.”
— Maya Angelou (1928-2014)
“Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.”
— Maya Angelou (1928-2014)
“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”
— Maya Angelou (1928-2014)
“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.”
— Maya Angelou (1928-2014)
“Everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances. ”
— Maya Angelou (1928-2014)
“There's a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure truth.”
— Maya Angelou (1928-2014)
“Hoping for the best, prepared for the worst, and unsurprised by anything in between.”
— Maya Angelou (1928-2014)
“You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.”
— Maya Angelou (1928-2014)
"Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better."
— Maya Angelou (1928-2014)
"If you are always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be."
— Maya Angelou (1928-2014)
"If you are going down a road and don't like what's in front of you, and look behind you and don't like what you see, get off the road. Create a new path!"
— Maya Angelou (1928-2014)
"Develop enough courage so that you can stand up for yourself and then stand up for somebody else."
— Maya Angelou (1928-2014)
"This is a wonderful day, I have never seen this one before."
— Maya Angelou (1928-2014)
"A person is the product of their dreams. So make sure to dream great dreams. And then try to live your dream."
— Maya Angelou (1928-2014)
"I am not competing with anyone other than myself. I want to be excellent at whatever I do."
— Maya Angelou (1928-2014)
"I believe that the most important single thing, beyond discipline and creativity is daring to dare."
— Maya Angelou (1928-2014)