Quotes 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.
– 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 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
When you're young, the silliest notions seem the greatest achievements.
– Pearl Bailey
You never find yourself until you face the truth.
– Pearl Bailey
You must change in order to survive.
– 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
Hungry people cannot be good at learning or producing anything, except perhaps violence.
– Pearl Bailey