Inspirational Quotes by Maya Angelou

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

I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.

Nothing will work unless you do.

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

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.

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 have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love.

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 you.

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

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

The truth is, no one of us can be free until everybody is free.

Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.

It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.

Inspirational Quotes by Maya Angelou part 2

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

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

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.

We can learn to see each other and see ourselves in each other and recognize that human beings are more alike than we are unalike.

When you know better, you do better.

If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.

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

If you’re always trying to please everybody, you’re not going to make it because you’re going to be confused.

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

It’s one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody.

I work very hard, and I play very hard. I’m grateful for life. And I live it—I believe life loves the lover of it. I live it.

You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.

If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.

We need joy as we need air. We need love as we need water. We need each other as we need the earth we share.

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

Stand up straight and realize who you are, that you tower over your circumstances.

In diversity, there is beauty and there is strength.

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.

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 you.

Nothing will work unless you do.

I’ve learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way they handle these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.

A bird doesn’t sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song.

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

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

I don’t trust anyone who doesn’t laugh.

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated.

We need much less than we think we need.

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

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

It’s time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.

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.