MAYA ANGELOU QUOTE NEVER MAKE SOMEONE A PRIORITY

24 quotes by Maya Angelou:

“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.”

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

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

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

“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.”

“Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future, and renders the present inaccessible.”

“The ache for home lives in all of us, the safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned.”

“A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.”

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

“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.” QUOTES ABOUT LOVES MYSTERY

“I’ve learned that you shouldn’t go through life with a catcher’s mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw some things back.”

“If you’re always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.”

“I’ve learned that making a ‘living’ is not the same as ‘making a life’.”

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

“A wise woman wishes to be no one’s enemy; a wise woman refuses to be anyone’s victim.”

“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.”

“When we give cheerfully and accept gratefully, everyone is blessed.”

“I’ve learned that every day you should reach out and touch someone. People love a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back.”

“You may write me down in history with your bitter, twisted lines. You may trod me in the very dirt, but still, like dust, I’ll rise.”

“Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.”

“You are the sum total of everything you’ve ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot – it’s all there. Everything influences each of us, and because of that, I try to make sure that my experiences are positive.”

“I’ve learned that people will do anything for a person who truly cares about them.”