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

Pearl Bailey

Life

People

Years

A crown, if it hurts us, is not worth wearing.

Pearl Bailey

Worth

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.

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

Pearl Bailey

First

Help

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

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

God

Feet

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

Pearl Bailey

Ideas

Rest

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

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

The sweetest joy, the wildest woe is love. What the world really needs is more love and less paperwork.

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.

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

Will

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

Pearl Bailey

Life