Maya Angelou

You may write me down in history with your bitter, twisted lies, you may trod me in the very dirt but still, like dust, I’ll rise.

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated.

Still I rise.

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.

I am the dream and the hope of the slave.

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

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

You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.