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."

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

"I am a woman phenomenally. Phenomenal woman, that's me."

"Sing like no one's listening, love like you've never been hurt, and dance like nobody's watching."

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

"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."

"I sustain myself with the love of family."

"My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive."

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

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

"I am grateful for every moment I've lived."

"We are only as sick as our secrets."

"A wise woman wishes to be no one's enemy; a wise woman refains from none but herself."

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

"If you want to be brave, be brave."

"Laugh as much as you breathe and love as long as you live."

"I am the hope of the universe."

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

"Create a world that matches the promise you've been given."

"Human rights and wrongs touched everyone."

"The pursuit of truth and beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are allowed to remain children all our lives."

"In giving gifts, we ask what they desire and we denied."

"Life loves the liver of it."

"Climb it, if you want to."

"Love like you've never been hurt and dance like nobody's watching."

"I take the good qualities of others and make them my own."

"You cannot use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have."

"The flowers fade but spring comes again."

"My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry."