Still I Rise
In honor of Maya Angelou, here are some few of my favorite inspiring words from her:
"Life's a bitch. You've got to go out and kick ass.”
"If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be."
“You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.”
“Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently.”
“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
“When I look back, I am so impressed again with the life-giving power of literature. If I were a young person today, trying to gain a sense of myself in the world, I would do that again by reading, just as I did when I was young.”
“The best candy shop a child can be left alone in, is the library”
“To those who are given much, much is expected.”
“Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.”
“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”
“You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don’t make money your goal. Instead pursue the things you love doing and then do them so well that people can’t take their eyes off of you.”
“Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.”
“Prejudice is a burden that confuses the past, threatens the future, and renders the present inaccessible.”
“It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.”
“I want all my senses engaged. Let me absorb the world's variety and uniqueness.”
“No matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.”
“Let nothing dim the light that shines from within.”
“In all the world, there is no heart for me like yours.
In all the world, there is no love for you like mine.”
The caged bird at last takes wing, may your song forever resound and light the way for those of us still Earthbound.