40 Best Maya Angelou Quotes to Live By

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.

When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.

Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time.

Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently.

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.

The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.

If I am not good to myself, how can I expect anyone else to be good to me?

Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option.

Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.

Any book that helps a child to form a habit of reading, to make reading one of his deep and continuing needs, is good for him.

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.

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.

Everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances.

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.

We need much less than we think we need.

Hoping for the best, prepared for the worst, and unsurprised by anything in between.

Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.

Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it!