Quotes about Resilience
Make every effort to change things you do not like. If you cannot make a change, change the way you have been thinking. You might find a new solution.
— Maya Angelou
She comprehended the perversity of life, that in the struggle lies the joy.
— Maya Angelou
Just like moons and suns, With certainty of tides, Just like hopes springing high, Still I'll rise.
— Maya Angelou
If growing up is painful for the Southern Black girl, being aware of her displacement is the rust on the razor that threatens the throat. It is an unnecessary insult.
— Maya Angelou
That's what you want to do? Then nothing beats a trial but a failure. Give it everything you've got. I've told you many times, 'Cant do is like Dont Care.' Neither of them have a home.
— Maya Angelou
Hope for the best, be prepared for the worse. Life is shocking, but you must never appear to be shocked. For no matter how bad it is it could be worse and no matter how good it is it could be better.
— Maya Angelou
I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.
— Maya Angelou
There are some nights when sleep plays coy, aloof and disdainful. And all the wiles that I employ to win its service to my side are useless as wounded pride, and much more painful.
— Maya Angelou
Let nothing dim the light that shines from within
— Maya Angelou
Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.
— Maya Angelou
I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way (s)he handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.
— Maya Angelou
Few, if any, survive their teens.
— Maya Angelou