Inspiring Life Lessons – Powerful Quotes by Maya Angelou

Inspiring Life Lessons – Powerful Quotes by Maya Angelou part 1

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 not control all the events that happen to you, but you can control your attitude toward them.

Nothing will work unless you do.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud.

Inspiring Life Lessons – Powerful Quotes by Maya Angelou part 2

I can be changed by what happens to me, but I refuse to be reduced by it.

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

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

We need much less than we think we need.

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

I’ve learned that I still have a lot to learn.

Pursue the things you love doing, and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off you.

You may not be able to control your circumstances, but you can control your response.

The more you know of your history, the more liberated you are.

I’ve learned that to expose your true self is a rare and beautiful thing.

Inspiring Life Lessons – Powerful Quotes by Maya Angelou part 3

In diversity, there is beauty and strength.

You are the sum total of everything you’ve ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot — it’s all there.

The caged bird sings for freedom.

If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.

I am a Woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal Woman, that’s me.

We joyfully acknowledge the gift of life with all its hardships.

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

Life is not simply to be alive, it is to be well.

I’ve learned that even when I have pains, I don’t have to be one.

The past is an anchor that holds us back.

Inspiring Life Lessons – Powerful Quotes by Maya Angelou part 4

Every storm runs out of rain.

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

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

You should be proud of your past. It has led you to where you are now.

You don’t make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas.

It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.

I believe that each of us comes from the earth and returns to the earth.

I’ve learned that the best way to confront the future is to create it.

When you learn, teach. When you get, give.

Life is a process of becoming.

Inspiring Life Lessons – Powerful Quotes by Maya Angelou part 5

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

I want to be a queen, and a queen is not a maid.

You are more than enough.

Remember, you’re not limited by your past but by your believe.

The horizon leans forward, offering you space to place new steps of change.