Pearl Bailey Quotes

United States, Actress
March 29, 1918 – August, 17, 1990.

Pearl Mae Bailey (March 29, 1918 – August 17, 1990) was an American actress and singer. After appearing in vaudeville she made her Broadway debut in St. Louis Woman in 1946. She won a Tony Award for the title role in the all-black production of Hello, Dolly! in 1968. In 1986, she won a Daytime Emmy award for her performance as a fairy godmother in the ABC Afterschool Special, Cindy Eller: A Modern Fairy Tale.

Also known as Singer

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

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
- Earth
- Ambition

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

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

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

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

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

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

Pearl Bailey
- World
- Joy

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

Pearl Bailey
- Rest
You never find yourself until you face the truth.

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

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

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

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

Pearl Bailey
- People
- God

You can taste a word.

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

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
- Life
- Good
- Knowledge
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
- Up
- God
- Morning
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
- Up
- Work
- God

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

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
- Past