Being a woman is hard work. Not without joy and even ecstasy, but still relentless, unending work. Becoming an old female may require only being born with certain genitalia, inheriting long-living genes and the fortune not to be run over by an out-of-control truck, but to become and remain a woman command the existence and employment of genius.

— Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou Quotes

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

— Maya Angelou
Attitude Change Powerful Motivational Inspirational for Women

Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host.

— Maya Angelou
Sad About Life

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
Courage Life Failure Motivational About Life

I would like to be known as an intelligent woman, a courageous woman, a loving woman, a woman who teaches by being.

— Maya Angelou
Inspirational for Women Strong Women

You only are free when you realize you belong no place – you belong every place – no place at all. The price is high. The reward is great.

— Maya Angelou
Motivational About Life Freedom Beautiful

Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women.

— Maya Angelou
About Strength Inspirational for Women Self-Worth Impact

When women take care of their health they become their own best friend.

— Maya Angelou
Positive for Women Strong Women Love Yourself

Stand up straight and realize who you are, that you tower over your circumstances. You are a child of God. Stand up straight.

— Maya Angelou
Believe in Yourself Inspirational for Women Affirmation Inspirational for Students

You will face many defeats in your life, but never let yourself be defeated.

— Maya Angelou
About Strength Failure Positive Life Inspirational for Women

Develop enough courage so that you can stand up for yourself and then stand up for somebody else.

— Maya Angelou
Courage Inspirational for Women Mental Strength Stay Strong

My wish for you is that you continue. Continue to be who and how you are, to astonish a mean world with your acts of kindness.

— Maya Angelou
Blessing Empathy Inspirational for Women Be Kind

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. Please remember that your difficulties do not define you. They simply strengthen your ability to overcome.

— Maya Angelou
Perseverance Inspirational for Women Never Give Up Wellness

I come as one, but stand as 10,000.

— Maya Angelou
Positive Inspirational Short About Life Self-Worth Empowering

Difficult is a far cry from impossible. The distance between these two lies hope. Hope and fear cannot occupy the same space at the same time. Invite one to stay.

— Maya Angelou
Positive for Women Encouraging for Students Mental Strength Strong Women

Courage allows the successful woman to fail – and to learn powerful lessons from the failure – so that in the end, she didn’t fail at all.

— Maya Angelou
Courage Inspirational for Women Obstacles

Just like moons and suns, With certainty of tides, Just like hopes springing high, Still I’ll rise.

— Maya Angelou
Perseverance Inspirational for Women Poetry Obstacles

Family isn’t always blood. It’s the people in your life who want you in theirs. The ones who accept you for who you are. The ones who would do anything to see you smile, and who love you no matter what.

— Maya Angelou

Being a woman is hard work. Not without joy and even ecstasy, but still relentless, unending work. Becoming an old female may require only being born with certain genitalia, inheriting long-living genes and the fortune not to be run over by an out-of-control truck, but to become and remain a woman command the existence and employment of genius.

— Maya Angelou

Human beings are more alike than unalike, and what is true anywhere is true everywhere, yet I encourage travel to as many destinations as possible for the sake of education as well as pleasure... by demonstrating that all people cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try to understand each other, we may even become friends.

— Maya Angelou

I come as one but I stand as ten thousand.

— Maya Angelou
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