Pearl Bailey

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

You never find yourself until you face the truth.

No one can figure out your worth but you.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

I see their souls, and I hold them in my hands, and because I love them they weigh nothing. [on audiences]