Maya Angelou’s Inspirational Quotes for Life

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

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.

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

Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.

You are enough, just as you are.

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

Try to be a rainbow in someone else’s cloud.

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.

Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s about learning how to dance in the rain.

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

You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anyone.

We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.

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’s Inspirational Quotes for Life part 2

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

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

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

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

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

Nothing will work unless you do.

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

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.

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

I am grateful to be a woman. I must have done something great in another life.

Life loves to be taken by the lapel and told, ‘I’m with you, kid. Let’s go.’

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

I work really hard to not be a jerk.

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

I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but they will never forget how you made them feel.

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

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

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

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

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

Nothing will work unless you do.

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

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

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

I am grateful to be a woman. I must have done something great in another life.

I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but they will never forget how you made them feel.

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

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

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

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