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You cannot control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.
— Maya Angelou
You may not be able to control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them
— Maya Angelou
He badder than death yet gives no sweet release.
— Maya Angelou
No, you learned that you have power—power and determination. I love you and I am proud of you. With those two things, you can go anywhere and everywhere.
— Maya Angelou
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. Does
— Maya Angelou
History, despite its wrenching pain, Cannot be unlived, but if faced With courage, need not be lived again.
— Maya Angelou
When I'm writing, I am trying to find out who I am, who we are, what we're capable of, how we feel, how we lose and stand up, and go on from darkness into darkness." —
— Maya Angelou
You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them." —Maya Angelou
— Maya Angelou
I can change by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.
— Maya Angelou
Here, root yourselves beside me. I am that Tree planted by the River, Which will not be moved. I, the Rock, I, the River, I, the Tree, I am yours—your passages have been paid. Lift up your faces, you have a piercing need For this bright morning dawning for you. History, despite its wrenching pain, Cannot be unlived, but if faced With courage, need not be lived again.
— Maya Angelou
I keep on dying, Because I love to live.
— Maya Angelou
Centered on the world's stage, she sings to her loves and beloveds, to her foes and detractors: However I am perceived and deceived, however my ignorance and conceits, lay aside your fears that I will be undone, for I shall not be moved.
— Maya Angelou