Pearl Bailey quotes

" Sometimes I would rather that people take away years from my life Than take away a moment. " # Life and Living

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

" People see God every day; they just don't recognize Him. " # God # Freedom # Power

" We must change in order to survive. " # Change

" To talk to someone who does not listen is enough to tense the devil. " # Devil # Writers and Writing # Listening

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

" The sweetest joy, the wildest woe is love. " # Love # Marriage # Happiness

" What the world really needs is more love and less paper work. " # Love

" 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. " # Past # Love # Habit

" There is a period of life when we swallow knowledge of ourselves and it becomes either good or sour inside. " # Self-knowledge # Knowledge # Adversity