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Famous Pearl Bailey Quotes
“Sometimes you think the whole world is falling, and it's only yourself that's leaning.”
“How can you give a man a room in a house and not let him come through the front door?”
“I never ask myself how I do what I do. After all, how does it rain?”
“No one can figure out your worth but you.”
“What the world really needs is more love and less paper work.”
“You never find yourself until you face the truth.”
“We look into mirrors but we only see the effects of our times on us - not our effects on others.”
“You must change in order to survive.”
“Hungry people cannot be good at learning or producing anything, except perhaps violence.”
“To talk to someone who does not listen is enough to tense the devil.”
“Everybody wants to do something to help, but nobody wants to be the first.”
“Sometimes I would almost rather have people take years of my life than take away a moment.”
“The first and worst of all frauds is to cheat one's self. All sin is easy after that.”
“When you're young, the silliest notions seem the greatest achievements.”
“You cannot belong to anyone else, until you belong to yourself.”
“I see their souls, and I hold them in my hands, and because I love them they weigh nothing.”
“Do not worry about whether or not the sun will rise. Be prepared to enjoy it.”