Pearl Bailey Quotes

No one can figure out your worth but you.

People see God every day, they just don't recognize him.

We look into mirrors but we only see the effects of our times on us - not our effects on others.

What the world really needs is more love and less paper work.

Do not worry about whether or not the sun will rise. Be prepared to enjoy it.

You never find yourself until you face the truth.

You must change in order to survive.

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.

Everybody wants to do something to help, but nobody wants to be the first.

You cannot belong to anyone else, until you belong to yourself.

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.

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.

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.

Sometimes you think the whole world is falling, and it's only yourself that's leaning.

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.

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.

A crown, if it hurts us, is not worth wearing.

I discuss humanity and not races.

The deed of love is stronger than words

The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat one's self. All sin is easy after that.

Sometimes I would almost rather have people take years of my life than take away a moment.

I never ask myself how I do what I do. After all, how does it rain?

Never, never rest contented with any circle of ideas, but always be certain that a wider one is still possible.

There's a period of life when we swallow a knowledge of ourselves and it becomes either good or sour inside.

I see their souls, and I hold them in my hands, and because I love them they weigh nothing.