
Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.Maya Angelou
American poet and memoirist best known for I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969).
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Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. But anger is like fire. It burns it all clean.Maya Angelou
If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.Maya Angelou

I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.Maya Angelou

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

History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.Maya Angelou

You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.Maya Angelou

If you are going to live, leave a legacy. Make a mark on the world that can't be erased.Maya Angelou

You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody.Maya Angelou