Maya Angelou Quotes on Strength

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

I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it. – Maya Angelou

Nothing can dim the light which shines from within. – 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

You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I’ll rise! – 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. – Maya Angelou

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

You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anyone. – Maya Angelou

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

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

The first step toward success is taken when you refuse to be a captive of the environment in which you first find yourself. – Maya Angelou

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

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

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

I believe that every person is born with talent. – Maya Angelou

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

Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud. – Maya Angelou

A wise woman wishes to be no one’s enemy; a wise woman refuses to be anyone’s victim. – Maya Angelou

If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities. – Maya Angelou

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you. – 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 have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver. – 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

I’ve learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision. – 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

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

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. – Maya Angelou

Each person deserves a day away in which no problems are confronted, no solutions searched for. – Maya Angelou

A wise woman wishes to be no one’s enemy; a wise woman refuses to be anyone’s victim. – Maya Angelou

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

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

I’ve learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision. – 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

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

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. – Maya Angelou

Each person deserves a day away in which no problems are confronted, no solutions searched for. – Maya Angelou

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

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

I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it. – Maya Angelou

Nothing can dim the light which shines from within. – 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

You may shoot me with your words, you may cut me with your eyes, you may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I’ll rise! – 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. – Maya Angelou

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

You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anyone. – Maya Angelou

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