Maya Angelou Quotes

I try all things, I achieve what I can.

Hurl yourself at goals above your head and bear the lacerations that come when you slip and make a fool of yourself. Try always, as long as you have breath in your body, to take the hard way–and work, work, work to build yourself into a rich, continually evolving entity.

I have always been guided by striving to show the best that I could. That is what kept me going in tennis and it is the same now.

I'm going to go to school. It doesn't matter what the outcome is as long as I did it. I can say I did it.

I don't think I could live with myself if I stopped trying.

It is very important to be humble but to maintain the conviction that we can do something good.

You always try to fight for yourself, isn't it? You try to do the best possible job.

I'm just grateful that I didn't give up on myself and I just kept plugging at it.

Now if you know what you're worth then go out and get what you're worth. But ya gotta be willing to take the hits, and not pointing fingers saying you ain't where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody! Cowards do that and that ain't you! You're better than that!

Average is very acceptable in our society but I don't think the angels are applauding. If you are determined to be excellent, to not back out of it, you will reap a harvest in your life.

Give yourself another chance to make your dream a reality. Don't allow a delay to become a denial. Raise the bar on yourself, increase your determination, and explode your drive. You will fail your way to success. Everything you experience can be used to grow through...not just to go through. Make your dream happen! You deserve!

You can be excellent in every way. You can be first class. There is no need for you to be a scrub. Respect yourself. Do not feel sorry for yourself. Do not dwell on unkind things others may say about you. Polish and refine whatever talents the Lord has given you. Go forward in life with a twinkle in your eye and a smile on your face, but with great and strong purpose in your heart. Love life and look for its opportunities.

If you try anything, if you try to lose weight, or to improve yourself, or to love, or to make the world a better place, you have already achieved something wonderful, before you even begin. Forget failure. If things don't work out the way you want, hold your head up high and be proud. And try again. And again. And again!

Watch and pray, dear, never get tired of trying, and never think it is impossible to conquer your fault.

Never give up on anyone. And that includes not giving up on yourself.

Whether our efforts are, or not, favored by life, let us be able to say, when we come near to the great goal, I have done what I could.

When you've something to fight for, you get the best out of yourself.

I really want to keep at it until I find out what I'm capable of.

You want to get better even after people smash you down. You want to be better than you were before.

Live daringly, boldly, fearlessly. Taste the relish to be found in competition - in having put forth the best within you.

I'm just not willing to give up on myself. If I'm going to fail, then I want to fail to the limits of my talent.

I think I'm one of life's copers. And picking myself up and dusting myself off and starting all over again is one of my mottoes, actually.

No matter where your lot may be cast, no power on earth can keep you from making a man of yourself, a superb character, a masterpiece.

If you just try, and be stubborn about trying, you can do what you set out to do.

I was a slightly overweight, spiky-fringed, rat's-tailed '80s girl who was just showing up. That's all I've ever really done to get here, just kept showing up. Even when I didn't want to. That's what I do.