Quote#Time
"I am not ashamed of my past and don't intend to be ashamed of it."
Quote byMadam C. J. Walker · 1867–1919
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Walker on the importance of embracing one's journey and using it as a source of empowerment rather than shame..
English (original)
"I am not ashamed of my past and don't intend to be ashamed of it."
— Madam C. J. Walker
You may also like
"I am not satisfied in making money for myself. I endeavor to provide employment for hundreds of the women of my race."
“It’ pretty hard for the Lord to guide you if you haven’t made up your mind which way to go.”
“There is no royal flower-strewn path to success. And if there is, I have not found it, for if I have accomplished anything in life, it is because I have been willing to work hard."
"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 …
"Don’t sit down and wait for opportunities to come. Get up and make them."
I look'd far back into the past, and lo! in bright array, I saw, as in a dream, the forms of ages pass'd away. It was a stately convent, with its old and lofty walls, And gardens with their broad green walks, where soft the footstep falls.
