The sweetest joy, the wildest woe is love. What the world really needs is more love and less paperwork. – Pearl Bailey
Hungry people cannot be good at learning or producing anything, except perhaps violence. – Pearl Bailey
Never, never rest contented with any circle of ideas, but always be certain that a wider one is still possible. – 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
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
We look into mirrors but we only see the effects of our times on us – not our effects on others. – 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
Sometimes I would almost rather have people take away years of my life than take away a moment. – 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
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
