Maya Angelou Quotes

“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 don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.”

“We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated.”

“Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.”

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

“I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.”

“When you know better, you do better.”

“Nothing will work unless you do.”

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

“Seek patience and passion in equal amounts. Patience alone will not build the temple. Passion alone will destroy its walls.”

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

“I am grateful to be a woman. I must have done something great in another life.”

“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.”

“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.”

“If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.”

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

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

“Nothing will work unless you do.”

“I've learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision.”