10 quotes
"There is no royal flower-strewn path to success. And if there is, I have not found it, for whatever success I have attained has been the result of much hard work and many sleepless nights."
- Madam C.J. Walker
Hard Work
"I had to make my own living and my own opportunity. But I made it! Don’t sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them."
- Madam C.J. Walker
Empowerment
"Don’t sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them."
- Madam C.J. Walker
Empowerment
"Don't sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them."
- Madam C.J. Walker
Ambition
"I had to make my own living and my own opportunity! But I made it! Don’t sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them!"
- Madam C.J. Walker
Ambition
""Don't sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them.""
- Madam C.J. Walker
Ambition
"I got my start by giving myself a start."
- Madam C.J. Walker
Self-improvement
"I had to make my own living and my own opportunity. But I made it!"
- Madam C.J. Walker
Achievement
"I am a woman who came from the cotton fields of the South. From there I was promoted to the washtub. From there I was promoted to the cook kitchen. And from there I promoted myself into the business of manufacturing hair goods and preparations… I have built my own factory on my own ground."
- Madam C.J. Walker
Achievement
"I had to make my own living and my own opportunity. But I made it! Don't sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them."
- Madam C.J. Walker
Drive