“10 Profound Life Lessons” By Maya Angelou

1) “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.” 

2) “There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” 

3) “You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.” 

4) “Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.” 

5) It’s the fire in my eyes,

And the flash of my teeth,

The swing in my waist,

And the joy in my feet.

I’m a woman

Phenomenally.

Phenomenal woman,

That’s me.

-Phenomenal woman

6) The race of man is suffering

And I can hear the moan,

‘Cause nobody,

But nobody

Can make it out here alone.

- Alone 

7) “Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can’t practice any other virtue consistently.” 

8) “When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.” 

9) “Ask for what you want and be prepared to get it.” 

10) “If we lose love and self-respect for each other, this is how we finally die.”