Pearl Bailey Quotes

Pearl Bailey — American Actress born on March 29, 1918, died on August 17, 1990

Pearl Mae Bailey was an American actress and singer. After appearing in vaudeville, she made her Broadway debut in St. Louis Woman in 1946. She won a Tony Award for the title role in the all-black production of Hello, Dolly! in 1968. In 1986, she won a Daytime Emmy award for her performance as a fairy godmother in the ABC Afterschool Special, Cindy Eller: A Modern Fairy Tale... (wikipedia)

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.

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.

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

We look into mirrors but we only see the effects of our times on us - not our effects on others.

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 Quotes

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