In honor of the life of author and poet Maya Angelou, we look back at some words of wisdom we can all relate to.
Angelou died Wednesday, May 28, at her home in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She was 86.
''If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.'' (AP Photo/ Gerald Herbert)
''People will forget what you said. People will forget what you did. But people will never forget how you made them feel.'' (AP Photo/ Frank Micelotta)
''If you get, give. If you learn, teach.'' (AP Photo/ LAWRENCE JACKSON)
''You may shoot me with your words, You may cut me with your eyes, You may kill me with your hatefulness, But still, like air, I'll rise.' (AP Photo/ CHUCK BURTON)
"Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope." (AP Photo/ Jeff Daly)
''We delight in the beauty of the butterfly but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.'' (AP Photo/ Nell Redmond)
"Nothing can dim the light which shines from within." (AP Photo/ BILL MUELLER)
''You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.'' (AP Photo/ Mary Altaffer)
''Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud.'' (AP Photo/ Charles Rex Arbogast)