More Quotes by Maya Angelou
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.
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 think a hero is any person really intent on making this a better place for all people.
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.
If you must look back, do so forgivingly. If you will look forward, do so prayerfully. But the wisest course would be to be present in the present gratefully.
At the end of the day people won't remember what you said or did, they will remember how you made them feel.
Hope and fear cannot occupy the same space. Invite one to stay.
Precious jewel, you glow, you shine, reflecting all the good things in the world. Just look at yourself.
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
Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.
