“You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.” “Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but the moments that take our breath away.” “Open your eyes to the beauty around you, open your mind to the wonders of life, open your heart to those who love you, and always be true to yourself.” “I’ve learned that making a “living” is not the same thing as making a “life”. “You can ask forgiveness of others, but in the end real forgiveness is one’s own self.” “I was told many years ago by my grandmother who raised me: if somebody puts you on a road and you don’t feel comfortable on it and you look ahead and you don’t like the destination and you look behind and you don’t want to return to that place, step off the road.” “I think a hero is any person really intent on making this a better place for all people.” “Develop enough courage so that you can stand up for yourself and then stand up for somebody else.” “I’ve learned that even when I have pains, I don’t have to be one.” So, to be bodacious enough to invent ourselves is wise.” If a person does not invent herself, she will be invented. “Each of us has that right, that possibility, to invent ourselves daily. “If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.” “If I am not good to myself, how can I expect anyone else to be good to me?” “Life is pure adventure, and the sooner we realise that, the quicker we will be able to treat life as art.” “I do my best because I’m counting on you counting on me.” Maya was an American poet, civil rights activist, memoirist and much more. For this blog, we wanted to share some of our favourite quotes by an incredible and inspiring woman in her own right, Maya Angelou. But people will never forget how you made them feel." "A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer.At Euphorie Studios, we get to work with incredible women every single day and be inspired by those exact women and so many more. "Hate, it has caused a lot of problems in this world, but it has not solved one yet." "Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option." "Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it." "I would like to be known as an intelligent woman, a courageous woman, a loving woman, a woman who teaches by being." "People will forget what you said.
Here are just a few of her greatest gems-which prove that, though she was such a famous, genius lady, she had a knack for making all people believe we had the power of change within us. The vast majority of us never met her, but she's such a giant of words and thoughts, I think it's a privilege just to have lived in the same time. Maya Angelou, who passed away this morning, gave up speaking for six years of her life and still managed to say some of the most stunningly affecting things I've ever heard.