"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." — Maya Angelou "A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song." — Maya Angelou "I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it." — Maya Angelou "You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them." — Maya Angelou "Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently." — Maya Angelou "I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way (s)he handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights." — Maya Angelou "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 "A woman's heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek Him just to find her." — Maya Angelou | "There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you." — Maya Angelou "I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life's a bitch. You've got to go out and kick ass." — Maya Angelou "Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it." — Maya Angelou "When you know better you do better." — Maya Angelou "Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time." — Maya Angelou "If I am not good to myself, how can I expect anyone else to be good to me?" — Maya Angelou | "If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain." — Maya Angelou "The first time someone shows you who they are, believe them." — Maya Angelou "We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty." — Maya Angelou "Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness." — Maya Angelou "I do not trust people who don't love themselves and yet tell me, 'I love you.' There is an African saying which is: Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt." — Maya Angelou "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 "Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time." — Maya Angelou "Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it!" — Maya Angelou "Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option." — Maya Angelou |