Maya Angelou Quotes

You will face many defeats in your life, but never let yourself be defeated.

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

Don't let a kick in the ass stop you. It's how you cope that says what you are.

it's not how far you fall, but how high you bounce that counts.

Defeat should not be the source of discouragement, but a stimulus to keep plotting.

If our expectations, if our fondest prayers and dreams, are not realized then we should all bear in mind that the greatest glory of living lies not in never falling but in rising every time you fall.

The world loves to tell you how difficult things are, and the world's not exaggerating. But difficult doesn't mean impossible, and out of the bajillions of things in this universe that you can't control, what you can control is how hard you try, and if or when to pack it in.

In general, the only way to overcome failure is to not let it destroy you. It's that old saying, "Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger." You just have to keep going.

I really think a champion is defined not by their wins but by how they can recover when they fall

Expect rejection, but expect even more strongly to overcome it.

It is inevitable that some defeat will enter even the most victorious life. The human spirit is never finished when it is defeated... it is finished when it surrenders.

It's never about the chemo; it's never about the cancer. It's all about what you're willing to put in to overcome whatever the obstacle is.

Delays, disappointments and defeats cause quitters to give up in resignation; losers, to give in the frustration; winners, to come through with determination.

Your struggle is your strength. If you can resist becoming negative, bitter or hopeless, in time, your struggles will give you everything.

When life seems hard, the courageous do not lie down and accept defeat; instead, they are all the more determined to struggle for a better future.

The point of life is not who falls down. The point is who gets up and how you do it.

Life can be so difficult at times but fighting through the pain is so worth it.

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. Please remember that your difficulties do not define you. They simply strengthen your ability to overcome.

No man is beaten until his hope is annihilated, his confidence gone, As long as a man faces life hopefully, confidently, triumphantly, he is not a failure; he is not beaten until he turns his back on life.

One of the secrets of success is to refuse to let temporary setbacks defeat us.

I look at what I have as a challenge and I could list a whole bunch of different challenges. And I choose not to be daunted by any of them.

Everybody comes to a point in their life when they want to quit. But it's what you do at that moment that determines who you are.

You can't lose confidence in yourself, or you've lost already. When you get knocked down, you've got to keep getting back up.

It's easy to just give everything up, but it takes a lot of strength and a lot of willpower to just make yourself stay on it and get up and do something different. And I had to do that.

In life we have many disappointments. Those who go on to greater things dwell on the disappointments briefly and then move on