Maya Angelou, Letter To My Daughter Quotes

I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.

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

A friend may be waiting behind a stranger's face.

Make every effort to change things you do not like. If you cannot make a change, change the way you have been thinking. You might find a new solution.

I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.(Popular misquote of "You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.")

I am never proud to participate in violence, yet I know that each of us must care enough for ourselves that we can be ready and able to come to our own defense when and wherever needed.

In an unfamiliar culture, it is wise to offer no innovations, no suggestions, or lessons. The epitome of sophistication is utter simplicity.

I learned to love my son without wanting to possess him and I learned how to teach him to teach himself.

...one can never leave home...one carries the shadows, the dreams, the dragons of home under one's skin, at the extreme corners of one's eyes...