"To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power."
- Maya Angelou
Love
"We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated."
- Maya Angelou
Courage
"Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage."
- Maya Angelou
Courage
"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."
- Maya Angelou
Compassion
"The best part of life is not just surviving, but thriving with passion and compassion and humor and style and generosity and kindness."
- Maya Angelou
Compassion
"Reject common sense to make the impossible possible."
- Simon
Boldness
"Fear is freedom! Subjugation is liberation! Contradiction is truth! Those are the facts of this world! And you will all surrender to them, you pigs in human clothing!"
- Satsuki Kiryuuin
Boldness
"There’s power in looking silly and not caring that you do."
- Amy Poehler
Boldness
"I believe great people do things before they are ready."
- Amy Poehler
Boldness
"There are so many people out there who will tell you that you can’t. What you’ve got to do is turn about and say ‘Watch me’."
- Bryce Harper
Boldness