More Quotes by Maya Angelou
You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them. Try to be a rainbow in someone else's cloud. Do not complain. Make every effort to change things you do not like. If you cannot make a change, change the way you have been thinking. You might find a new solution.
Nothing will work unless you do.
I would like to be known as an intelligent woman, a courageous woman, a loving woman, a woman who teaches by being.
Every journey begins with a single step.
If you are always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be.
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!
At the end of the day people won't remember what you said or did, they will remember how you made them feel.
My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who and how you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness.
You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. Please remember that your difficulties do not define you. They simply strengthen your ability to overcome.
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.