We may encounter many defeats but we mus... by Maya Angelou | We Heart Quotes

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

- Maya Angelou

Other quotes by Maya Angelou

Smile People Love

If you have only one smile in you give it to the people you love.

- Maya Angelou

Love

If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die.

- Maya Angelou

First Time

When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.

- Maya Angelou

Truth World

There's a world of difference between truth and facts. Facts can obscure the truth.

- Maya Angelou

Home Being

I long, as does every human being, to be at home wherever I find myself.

- Maya Angelou

Heart Care Will

If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else, you will have succeeded.

- Maya Angelou

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