15 Great Quotes Of Late Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou's death is a great lost of immense wisdom but history will not forget one of the most celebrated African American author, poet and civil activist. These quotes say a lot about who she was and what she stood for. 

• Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option.
• If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain.
• There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.
• I do not trust people who don't love themselves and yet tell me, 'I love you.' There is an African saying which is: Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt.
• We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.
• You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.
• My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humour, and some style.
• Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud. 
• 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.
• I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life's a bitch. You've got to go out and kick ass.
• The love of the family, the love of the person can heal. It heals the scars left by a larger society. A massive, powerful society.
• Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently.
• Nothing will work unless you do. 
• It's one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, to forgive. Forgive everybody.
• I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way (s)he handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.