Famous Pearl Bailey Quotations

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"You never find yourself until you face the truth."
by Pearl Bailey
"A crown, if it hurts us, is not worth wearing."
by Pearl Bailey
"To talk to someone who does not listen is enough to tense the devil."
by Pearl Bailey
"Never, never rest contented with any circle of ideas, but always be certain that a wider one is still possible."
by 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. Having been alive, it won't be so hard in the end to lie down and rest."
by Pearl Bailey
"Sometimes I would rather that people take away years from my life Than take away a moment."
by Pearl Bailey
"There are two kinds of talents, 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."
by Pearl Bailey
"There's a period of life when we swallow a knowledge of ourselves and it becomes either good or sour inside."
by Pearl Bailey
"We must change in order to survive."
by Pearl Bailey
"What the world really needs is more love and less paperwork."
by Pearl Bailey
"When you're young, the silliest notions seem the greatest achievements."
by Pearl Bailey
"Children, you must remember something. 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."
by 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."
by Pearl Bailey
"The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat one's self. All sin is easy after that."
by Pearl Bailey
"You cannot belong to anyone else until you belong to yourself."
by Pearl Bailey
"There is a period of life when we swallow knowledge of ourselves and it becomes either good or sour inside."
by Pearl Bailey
"My kitchen is a mystical place, a kind of temple for me. It is a place where the surfaces seem to have significance, where the sounds and odors carry meaning that transfers from the past and bridges to the future."
by Pearl Bailey
"What the world really needs is more love and less paper work."
by Pearl Bailey
"The sweetest joy, the wildest woe is love."
by 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."
by 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."
by Pearl Bailey


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