Maya Angelou Quotes

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.

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

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.

I know that you that you may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. If you accept that you have been defeated, you give power to the force that is trying to defeat you.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

Only true champions come out and show their worth after defeat- and I expect us to do that.

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.

Getting knocked down in life is a given. Getting up and moving forward is a choice.

Life isn't about the number of times you're knocked down, it's about the number of times you get back up.

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, the encountering may be the very experience which creates the vitality and the power to endure.

When something happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you defeat it.

When on the brink of complete discouragement, success is discerning that...the line between failure and success is so fine that often a single extra effort is all that is needed to bring victory out of defeat.

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.

When you fall, feel the pain. And then stand up. You were born for victory. And failure has no place in your world.

The question in life is not whether you get knocked down. You will. The question is, are you ready to get back up... And fight for what you believe in?

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

A champion is someone who gets up when he can't.

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.

The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.

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