We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.
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Maya AngelouWidely attributed; no primary source listed on Wikiquote
About Maya Angelou
American poet and memoirist, author of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. (1928-2014)
More from Maya Angelou
- Develop enough courage so that you can stand up for yourself and then stand up for somebody else.Rainbow in the Cloud: The Wisdom and Spirit of Maya Angelou (2014)
- 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.Facebook post (July 4, 2011)
- You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.Letter to My Daughter (2009)
- Without courage we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.Interview in USA Today (March 5, 1988)
- You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.1982 interview, in Conversations with Maya Angelou (1989)
- If we are bold, love strikes away the chains of fear from our souls.A Brave and Startling Truth (1995)
More quotes on change
- I tell you: one must still have chaos in one, to give birth to a dancing star.Friedrich Nietzsche
- What is great in man is that he is a bridge and not a goal.Friedrich Nietzsche
- When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.Viktor Frankl
- The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.Carl Jung
- If there is anything that we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves.Carl Jung
- In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.Warren Buffett
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