Maya Angelou

I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.

Poetry puts starch in your backbone so you can stand, so you can compose your life.

I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.

If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.

One isn’t necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can’t be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.

It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.

The recipe of success is to study while others are sleeping, work while others are loafing, prepare while others are playing, and dream while others are wishing.

Only he is successful in his business who makes that pursuit which affords him the highest pleasure sustain him.

Action is the foundational key to all success.

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then Success is sure.

I don’t think people get to be successful without ambition.

I must be taken as I have been made. The success is not mine, the failure is not mine, but the two together make me.

The real secret to success is enthusiasm.

The secret of your success is determined by your daily agenda.

There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world: those who are afraid to try and those who are afraid you will succeed.

Success comes from failure, not from memorizing the right answers.

I don’t think people get to be successful unless they have very strong egos.

I’ve become very successful over the years. I think I own among the greatest properties in the world.

Winners are not afraid of losing. But losers are. Failure is part of the process of success. People who avoid failure also avoid success.

If you’re not failing every now and again, it’s a sign you’re not doing anything very innovative.

It’s next to impossible to build a successful business without relationships.