Maya Angelou Quotes

The next time you encounter a difficult obstacle or problem, you should smile and say, 'Here's my chance to grow.'

I don't have too many bad days because I just don't let them happen. When I'm having one of those days, I'll just be like. 'I'm not going to let this be a bad day,' and I'll do everything I can to turn it around.

I don't like people being negative, whining, or moaning. If you're in a situation you're not in control of, just change.

Life is hard. Life is difficult. Life is going to punch you in the gut. But when you change your attitude, you change your behavior. When your behavior changes, so do your results.

What I've always done is be positive and do what I do.

I chose to be in this job and things don't always go your way. But I'll keep going. As a manager you have to be optimistic and think things are going to get better.

The right attitude can transform a barrier into a blessing, an obstacle into an opportunity or a stumbling block into a stepping stone.

Everyone has problems. It's how you choose to deal with them. Some people choose to be whiners some choose to be winners. Some choose to be victims some choose to be victors.

Being optimistic is like a muscle that gets stronger with use. Makes it easier when the tough times arrive. You have to change the way you think in order to change the way you feel.

If you ever hear yourself or anyone you care about starting to express the belief that a problem is permanent, it’s time to immediately shake that person loose. No matter what happens in your life, you’ve got to be able to believe, 'This, too, shall pass,' and that if you keep persisting, you’ll find a way.

If I don't like something that's going on in my life, I change it. And I don't sit and complain about it for a year.

It’s not what happens to you, but how you handle it. If Life gives you lemons, make lemonade. If the lemons are rotten, take out the seeds and plant them in order to grow new lemons.

Wise men never sit and wail their loss, but cheerily seek how to redress their harms.

You can make almost anything a learning or positive experience. I think I offer a good example of how to make the most out of what life gives you and how to keep moving on.

Whatever life may send your way - make the best of it. Don't waste your time and energy worrying about it. Instead, find a way to do something about it. Learn from it, adjust to it, be strong, be flexible and be your best in every situation.

Make every effort to change things you do not like. If you cannot make a change, change the way you have been thinking. You might find a new solution.

Concentrate on your strengths, instead of your weaknesses... on your powers, instead of your problems.

The art of living is always to make a good thing out of a bad thing.

Do not Blame the world. Find a solution.

Every negative is a positive. The bad things that happen to me, I somehow make them good. That means you can't do anything to hurt me.

If we can use our problems and illnesses as opportunities to think about how we can change our lives, we have power.

The things you think are the disasters in your life are not the disasters really. Almost anything can be turned around: out of every ditch, a path, if you can only see it.

I always try to see the good in everything, and that gives me strength. Even when I lost in the London Olympics quarterfinals, I said to myself, 'Don't lose heart, God has his own plans.' Actually, life just goes on; you have to accept whatever challenge you face and become stronger.

A lot of people deal with things that are bad. Once you've been through something, you grow from it and you take a lot in. You can always turn it into something positive.

You can overcome anything if you don't bellyache.