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

Sometimes i would rather that people take away years from my life than take away a moment. — Pearl Bailey

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. — Pearl Bailey

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

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

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

I don’t like to say that my kitchen is a religious place, but I would say that if I were a voodoo priestess, I would conduct my rituals there. — Pearl Bailey

The sweetest joy, the wildest woe is love. — Pearl Bailey

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

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. — Pearl Bailey

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

I discuss humanity and not races. — Pearl Bailey

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

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

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

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

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

I tell stories to music and, thank God, in tune. — Pearl Bailey

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

How can you give a man a room in a house and not let him come through the front door? — Pearl Bailey

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

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

You never find Yourself until You face the truth. — Pearl Bailey

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

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