You may encounter defeats, but you must not be defeated.
Quote by Maya Angelou
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You may encounter defeats, but you must not be defeated.
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Maya Angelou Quotes
- In order to be profoundly dishonest, a person must have one of two qualities either he is unscrupulously ambitious, or he is unswervingly egocentric.
- There is no agony like bearing an untold story inside of you.
- I know why the caged bird sings.
- Men fear death, as children fear to go in the dark and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales, so is the other.
- You may encounter defeats, but you must not be defeated.
- Without courage you cannot practice any of the other virtues.
- Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.
- When you learn, teach. When you get, give.
- If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else you will have succeeded.
- We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.
Best Quotes
- If you do a trick and it doesn't work out, that can stick with you. I like to go back, nail the trick, and, 'OK, I'm cool, it's all good.'
- Willingness to change is a strength, even if it means plunging part of the company into total confusion for a while.
- We'll love you just the way you are if you're perfect.
- We cannot command Nature except by obeying her.
- Focus on the mind and the soul. Read. Study. Enrol in a course of lectures. Pray. Become a member of a religious congregation. Study the Bible or other ancient works of wisdom.
- The world is full of a lot of fear and a lot of negativity, and a lot of judgment. I just think people need to start shifting into joy and happiness. As corny as it sounds, we need to make a shift.
- Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms nature.
- We live in a society of victimization, where people are much more comfortable being victimized than actually standing up for themselves.
- Mr. President, you were elected to lead. You chose to follow. And now it's time for you to get out of the way.
- Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.