--- title: "3 Diamond Quotes By Maya Angelou" description: "3 Diamond quotes by Maya Angelou. Plus more from Maya Angelou and more Diamond sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32f/maya-angelou-104_believe_we-may-encounter-many-defeats-but-we-mus_983598.png" --- > [...We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated. That sounds goody two-shoes, I know, but I believe that a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/we-may-encounter-many-defeats-but-we-must-not-be-defeated-that-sounds/) [Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32f/maya-angelou-104_believe_we-may-encounter-many-defeats-but-we-mus_983598.png) > [Does my sexiness upset you? Does it come as a surprise That I dance like I've got diamonds At the meeting of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/does-my-sexiness-upset-you-does-it-come-as-a-surprise-that-i-dance/) [Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b80/maya-angelou-104_dance_does-my-sexiness-upset-you-does-it-come_2303890.png) > [I have forgiven myself; I'll make a change. Once that forgiveness has taken place you can console yourself with the knowledge that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/i-have-forgiven-myself-i-ll-make-a-change-once-that-forgiveness-has/) [Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfe/maya-angelou-104_beautiful_i-have-forgiven-myself-i-ll-make-a-chang_3149642.png) ## Other authors on Diamond - [Matshona Dhliwayo 21 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/diamond/matshona-dhliwayo/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-mae-west-62580.jpg) Mae West 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/diamond/mae-west/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/diamond/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-victor-hugo-93504.jpg) Victor Hugo 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/diamond/victor-hugo/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-ritu-ghatourey-5.jpg) Ritu Ghatourey 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/diamond/ritu-ghatourey/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-dakotsu-iida-25996.jpg) Nicky Oppenheimer 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/diamond/nicky-oppenheimer/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-marilyn-monroe-63880.jpg) Marilyn Monroe 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/diamond/marilyn-monroe/) - [J.R. Ward 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/diamond/j-r-ward/) ## More by Maya Angelou > [Courage: the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/courage-the-most-important-of-all-the-virtues-because-without-courage/) [Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/) > [If we accept being talked to any kind of a way, then we are telling ourselves we are not quite worth the best. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/if-we-accept-being-talked-to-any-kind-of-a-way-then-we-are-telling/) [Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/) > [You should be angry. You must not be bitter. Bitterness is like cancer. It eats upon the host. It doesn't do anything to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/you-should-be-angry-you-must-not-be-bitter-bitterness-is-like-cancer/) [Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/) > [“You are very kind and very intelligent and those elements are not always found together. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune, and my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/you-are-very-kind-and-very-intelligent-and-those-elements-are-not/) [Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/) > [I agreed a long time ago, I would not live at any cost. If I am moved or forced away from what I think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/i-agreed-a-long-time-ago-i-would-not-live-at-any-cost-if-i-am-moved/) [Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/) > [You want me to do something... tell me I can't do it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/you-want-me-to-do-something-tell-me-i-can-t-do-it/) [Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/) > [Intelligence is a separate gift, for the benefit of students, so that they may think of themselves as intellectual and not very intelligent, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/intelligence-is-a-separate-gift-for-the-benefit-of-students-so-that/) [Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/) > [Life is going to give you just what you put in it. Put your whole heart in everything you do, and pray, then you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/life-is-going-to-give-you-just-what-you-put-in-it-put-your-whole/) [Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/) > [“You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may tread me in the very dirt But still, like dust,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/you-may-write-me-down-in-history-with-your-bitter-twisted-lies-you/) [Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/) > [The more you know of your history, the more liberated you are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/the-more-you-know-of-your-history-the-more-liberated-you-are/) [Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/) > [Life offers us tickets to places which we have not knowingly asked for.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/life-offers-us-tickets-to-places-which-we-have-not-knowingly-asked-for/) [Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/) > [Every person needs to take one day away. A day in which one consciously separates the past from the future. Jobs, family, employers, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/every-person-needs-to-take-one-day-away-a-day-in-which-one/) [Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/) > [I'm working at trying to be a Christian, and that's serious business. It's like trying to be a good Jew, a good Muslim, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/i-m-working-at-trying-to-be-a-christian-and-that-s-serious-business/) [Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/) > [Nathaniel Hawthorne once said that easy reading is damn hard writing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/nathaniel-hawthorne-once-said-that-easy-reading-is-damn-hard-writing/) [Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/) > [Sunday, if I'm lucky, I'll go to church or listen to some good spiritual advice on the television or on the radio. I take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maya-angelou/sunday-if-i-m-lucky-i-ll-go-to-church-or-listen-to-some-good/) [Maya Angelou](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maya-angelou/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/diamond/maya-angelou/#itemlist", "name": "3 Diamond Quotes By Maya Angelou", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "...We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated. That sounds goody two-shoes, I know, but I believe that a diamond is the result of extreme pressure and time. Less time is crystal. Less than that is coal. Less than that is fossilized leaves. Less than that it's just plain dirt. 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