(In honor of Women’s History Month)
A legendary poet, one of the great voices of contemporary literature, civil rights activist, author of twelve best-selling books including I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, actress, playwright, producer, director, historian, educator, outstanding orator, and Grammy Award winner, Dr. Maya Angelou is the quintessential Renaissance woman.
The recipient of more than 60 honorary doctorate degrees, Dr. Angelou has captivated and inspired millions of people across the globe. There is no doubt that world could never get enough of Dr. Maya Angelou.
Here are my favorite quotes by this extraordinary woman.
10. A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.
9. I can be changed by what happens to me, but I refuse to be reduced by it.
8. 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.
7. 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 you.
6. If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love. Don't be surly at home, then go out in the street and start grinning 'Good morning' at total strangers.
5. There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside of you.
4. Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.
3. Nothing will work unless you do.
2. If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.
1. You may write me down in history
A legendary poet, one of the great voices of contemporary literature, civil rights activist, author of twelve best-selling books including I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, actress, playwright, producer, director, historian, educator, outstanding orator, and Grammy Award winner, Dr. Maya Angelou is the quintessential Renaissance woman.
The recipient of more than 60 honorary doctorate degrees, Dr. Angelou has captivated and inspired millions of people across the globe. There is no doubt that world could never get enough of Dr. Maya Angelou.
Here are my favorite quotes by this extraordinary woman.
10. A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.
9. I can be changed by what happens to me, but I refuse to be reduced by it.
8. 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.
7. 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 you.
6. If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love. Don't be surly at home, then go out in the street and start grinning 'Good morning' at total strangers.
5. There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside of you.
4. Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future and renders the present inaccessible.
3. Nothing will work unless you do.
2. If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.
1. You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.
Honorable mention:
History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.
We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.
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.
Achievement brings its own anticlimax.
Children's talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives.
Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently.
I believe the most important single thing, beyond discipline and creativity, is daring to dare.
Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at it destination full of hope.
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