#INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES MAYA ANGELOU HOW TO#

'My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.' Maya Angelou.

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

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

'Courage: the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently.' Maya Angelou.

Be bodacious enough to invent yourself.' Maya Angelou If a person does not invent herself she will be invented.

'Each of us has the right, the possibility to invent ourselves daily.

'When someone shows you who they are, believe them' Maya Angelou.

'The idea is to write it so that people hear it and it slides through the brain and goes straight to the heart.' Maya Angelou.

But I refuse to be reduced by it.' Maya Angelou

'I can be changed by what happens to me.

Here are 14 of my all-time favourite Maya Angelou Quotes:

#INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES MAYA ANGELOU HOW TO#

Not only that but she remained vibrant in both spirit and mind as she aged - showing us how to age with grace, style and verve. She also received a Pulitzer Prize nomination for poetry book, 'Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie', 3 Grammys for her spoken albums and numerous health and educational facilities have been named after her.įor me, Maya Angelou was the epitomy of Fierce Kindness - a compassionate warrior - who never ceased sharing her wisdom and inspiring others. Maya was awarded over 50 honorary degrees, served on 2 presidential committees and was given 2 medals - the National Medal of Arts from Bill Clinton and in 2010, President Barack Obama awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom - the highest civilian honor in the US. But she never let any of these events define her - even as she acknowledged them in her many writings and seven memoirs! An inspiration for many of us - she was raised by her grandmother (not her mother - although her mother was in her life) and overcame many personal trials including growing up in segregated South during the depression of the 1920s, being raped and having a child at a young age. On Wednesday, at the age of 86, activist and poet Maya Angelou passed away.

Inspirational quotes maya angelou