Maya Angelou

"Sing your song, tell your story, live your truth."

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

"My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style."

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

"I sustain myself with the love of family."

"Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see."

"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."

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

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

"Nothing will work unless you do."

"I am grateful to be a woman. I must have done something great in another life."

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

"I'm convinced that about half of what separates successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance."

"Holding grudges is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die."

"Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time."

"The strongest woman is she who knows her own strength and uses it with wisdom."

"Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness."

"I trust myself. I know who I am. I know what I need to do."

"All great achievements require time and patience to reach their destination."

"It takes courage to love, but pain through love is the purifying fire which human soul can ever go through."

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

"History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again."

"We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools."

"I want to gather up the minutes of my life and hold them like a handful of diamonds."

"In the face of adversity, find beauty and grace."

"There is no greater privilege than being yourself."

"I learned a long time ago that some people would rather die than forgive."

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

"Each of us has a dream worth following and a song worth singing."

"Legacy is not what you leave for people. It is what you leave in them."