You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.
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Maya AngelouLetter to My Daughter (2009)
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)
- 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)
- Life is going to give you just what you put in it. Put your whole heart in everything you do, and pray, then you can wait.I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969)
More quotes on failure and resilience
- No one should be discouraged, Theaetetus, who can make constant progress, even though it be slow.Plato
- We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.Seneca
- The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.Marcus Aurelius
- The impediment to action advances action. What stands in the way becomes the way.Marcus Aurelius
- Men are disturbed, not by things, but by the principles and notions which they form concerning things.Epictetus
- No thing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig.Epictetus
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