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

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.
Pearl Bailey

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

Hungry people cannot be good at learning or producing anything, except perhaps violence.
Pearl Bailey

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.
Pearl Bailey

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

No one can figure out your worth but you.
Pearl Bailey

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

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

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


The sweetest joy, the wildest woe is love. What the world really needs is more love and less paperwork.
Pearl Bailey

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.
Pearl Bailey

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.
Pearl Bailey

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

To talk to someone who does not listen is enough to tense the devil.
Pearl Bailey

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

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

When you're young, the silliest notions seem the greatest achievements.
Pearl Bailey

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

You must change in order to survive.
Pearl Bailey