Maya Angelou via Google
I'd like to share some of my favorite quotes from Maya Angelou, a woman that has never failed to lift me higher just when I feel like I'm falling. While many of these quotes are iconic, I hope they inspire you as much as they continue to inspire me. I hope that they incite courage just when you need it the most (right before making resolutions at the start of a New Year).
ON BEING A GOOD PERSON
“Remember, people will judge you by your actions not your intentions. You may have a heart of gold but so does a hard-boiled egg."
“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.”
ON COURAGE
“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.”
“Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently.”
“Stepping onto a brand-new path is difficult, but not more difficult than remaining in a situation, which is not nurturing to the whole woman.”
ON SUCCESS
“Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.”
“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.”
“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”
ON DIFFICULTY
“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.”
“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!”
ON LOVE
“Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option.”
“You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.”
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