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

Quote by Pearl Bailey

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There's a period of life when we swallow a knowledge of ourselves and it becomes...

There's a period of life when we swallow a knowledge of ourselves and it becomes...

To talk to someone who does not listen is enough to tense the devil.

To talk to someone who does not listen is enough to tense the devil.

You never find yourself until you face the truth.

You never find yourself until you face the truth.

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

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

A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead....

A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead....

The sweetest joy, the wildest woe is love.

The sweetest joy, the wildest woe is love.

Never, never rest contented with any circle of ideas, but always be certain that a...

Never, never rest contented with any circle of ideas, but always be certain that a...

When you're young, the silliest notions seem the greatest achievements.

When you're young, the silliest notions seem the greatest achievements.

I never really look for anything. What God throws my way comes. I wake up...

I never really look for anything. What God throws my way comes. I wake up...

No one can figure out your worth but you.

No one can figure out your worth but you.

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

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

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

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

You must change in order to survive.

You must change in order to survive.

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

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

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

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

A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead....

A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead....

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

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

That old saying, how you always hurt the one you love, well, it works both...

That old saying, how you always hurt the one you love, well, it works both...

We never, then, love a person, but only qualities

We never, then, love a person, but only qualities

Come, let us make love deathless.

Come, let us make love deathless.

Don't let love interfere with your appetite. It never does with mine.

Don't let love interfere with your appetite. It never does with mine.