Pearl Bailey
There's a period of life when we swallow a knowledge of ourselves and it becomes either good or sour inside.Collection: Knowledge
I never really look for anything. What God throws my way comes. I wake up in the morning and whichever way God turns my feet, I go.Collection: Morning
What the world really needs is more love and less paper work.Collection: Work
You never find yourself until you face the truth.Collection: Truth
There are two kinds of talent, man-made talent and God-given talent. With man-made talent you have to work very hard. With God-given talent, you just touch it up once in a while.Collection: Work
You must change in order to survive.Collection: Change
People see God every day, they just don't recognize him.Collection: God
Hungry people cannot be good at learning or producing anything, except perhaps violence.Collection: Learning
No one can figure out your worth but you.
A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead. A man with ambition and love for his blessings here on earth is ever so alive.
A crown, if it hurts us, is not worth wearing.
The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat one's self. All sin is easy after that.
We look into mirrors but we only see the effects of our times on us - not our effects on others.
There is a way to look at the past. Don't hide from it. It will not catch you if you don't repeat it.
You cannot belong to anyone else, until you belong to yourself.
The sweetest joy, the wildest woe is love. What the world really needs is more love and less paperwork.
Never, never rest contented with any circle of ideas, but always be certain that a wider one is still possible.
Everybody wants to do something to help, but nobody wants to be first.
To talk to someone who does not listen is enough to tense the devil.
Sometimes I would almost rather have people take away years of my life than take away a moment.
When you're young, the silliest notions seem the greatest achievements.
Do not worry about whether or not the sun will rise. Be prepared to enjoy it.Collection: Worry
Everybody wants to do something to help, but nobody wants to be the first.Collection: Life
The way we're going to get to understanding is for each man to open his heart and open his mind and look in himself as he looks at his neighbor.Collection: Heart
I hate labels, and I wear no labels. When a man has to put something around his neck and say I am, he isn't.Collection: Hate
Sometimes you think the whole world is falling, and it's only yourself that's leaning.Collection: Fall
I discuss humanity and not races.Collection: Race
The deed of love is stronger than wordsCollection: Marriage
Sometimes I would almost rather have people take years of my life than take away a moment.Collection: Adventure
I see their souls, and I hold them in my hands, and because I love them they weigh nothing.Collection: Love
I never ask myself how I do what I do. After all, how does it rain?Collection: Rain
Fate carries its own clock.Collection: Fate
The sweetest joy, the wildest woe is love.Collection: Love
How can you give a man a room in a house and not let him come through the front door?Collection: Men
You can taste a word.Collection: Taste
I don't like to say that my kitchen is a religious place, but I would say that if I were a voodoo priestess, I would conduct my rituals there.Collection: Religious
I tell stories to music and, thank God, in tune.Collection: Music
The fact is that it takes more than ingredients and technique to cook a good meal. A good cook puts something of himself into the preparation - he cooks with enjoyment, anticipation, spontaneity, and he is willing to experiment.Collection: Cooking
The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat one’s self. All sin is easy after that.Collection: Firsts