Celebrated poet and author Maya Angelou died at her home in Winston-Salem, N.C on Wednesday at the age of 86.

Tributes have begun pouring in from all corners of public life and as the world mourns the death of a cultural icon, we remember her legacy through some of her most inspirational quotes.

# # 1. "People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."

# # 2. "You may kill me with your hatefulness, but still, like air, I will rise."

# # 3. "Nothing can dim the light that shines from within."

# # 4. "If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be."

# # 5. "If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain."

# # 6. "History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again."

# # 7. "Be a rainbow in someone else's cloud."

# # 8. "If I am not good to myself, how can I expect anyone else to be good to me?"

# # 9. "We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated."

# # 10. "My great hope is that I laugh as much as I cry: to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return."

# # 11. "Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better."

# # 12. "Love recognizes no hurdles. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope."

# # 13. "When you learn, teach. When you get, give."

# # 14. "Love life, engage in it, give it all you've got. Love it with a passion, because life truly does give back, many times over, what you put into it.

# # 15. ''I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver."