Maya Angelou Quotes About Diamonds

• Does my sexiness upset you? Does it come as a surprise That I dance like I've got diamonds At the meeting of my thighs?

  Maya Angelou

  Life, Dance, Upset

  Maya Angelou (2011). “Phenomenal Woman: Four Poems Celebrating Women”, p.8, Random House

• I have forgiven myself; I'll make a change. Once that forgiveness has taken place you can console yourself with the knowledge that a diamond is the result of extreme pressure. Less pressure is crystal, less than that is coal, less than that is fossilized leaves or plain dirt. Pressure can change you into something quite precious, quite wonderful, quote beautiful and extremely hard.

  Maya Angelou

  Beautiful, Taken, Coal

• ...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. In all my work, in the movies I write, the lyrics the poetry, the prose, the essays, I am saying that we may encounter many defeats - maybe it's imperative that we encounter the defeats - but we are much stronger than we appear to be and maybe much better than we allow ourselves to be.

  Maya Angelou

  Motivational, Determination, Believe

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