Quotes from Maya Angelou
One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.
- Maya Angelou
A woman's heart should be so hidden in God that a man has to seek Him just to find her.
- Maya Angelou
Education helps one case cease being intimidated by strange situations.
- Maya Angelou
Something made greater by ourselves and in turn that makes us greater.
- Maya Angelou
You may encounter defeats, but you must not be defeated.
- Maya Angelou
There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.
- Maya Angelou
What you're supposed to do when you don't like a thing is change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think about it. Don't complain.
- 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 did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.
- Maya Angelou
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.
- Maya Angelou
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.
- Maya Angelou
Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.
- Maya Angelou