More Quotes by Maya Angelou
Hope and fear cannot occupy the same space. Invite one to stay.
Nothing will work unless you do.
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
When you know you are of worth, you don't have to raise your voice, you don't have to become rude, you don't have to become vulgar; you just are. And you are like the sky is, as the air is, the same way water is wet. It doesn't have to protest.
Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.
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 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.
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!
When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time. People know themselves much better than you do. That's why it's important to stop expecting them to be something other than who they are
This is a wonderful day, I have never seen this one before.