I have built my own factory on my own ground, 38 by 208 feet. I employ in that factory seven people, including a bookkeeper, a stenographer, a cook and a housegirl. — Madam C. J. Walker Copy Share Image
In a dream, a big black man appeared to me and told me what to mix up for my hair. I made up my… — Madam C. J. Walker Copy Share Image
I am not merely satisfied in making money for myself, for I am endeavoring to provide employment for hundreds of women of my race.… — Madam C. J. Walker Copy Share Image
The girls and women of our race must not be afraid to take hold of business endeavor and, by patient industry, close economy, determined… — Madam C. J. Walker Copy Share Image
I am a woman who came from the cotton fields of the South. From there I was promoted to the washtub. From there I… — Madam C. J. Walker Copy Share Image
IT'S PRETTY HARD for the Lord TO GUIDE YOU IF YOU HAVEN'T MADE UP YOUR MIND WHICH WAY TO GO. — Madam C. J. Walker Copy Share Image
There is no royal flower strewn path to success. And if there is, I have not found it, for whatever success I have attained… — Madam C. J. Walker Copy Share Image
One night I had a dream, and in that dream a big black man appeared to me and told me what to mix up… — Madam C. J. Walker Copy Share Image
You might say that I was the first and caused others to awaken to the sense of their duty in helping deserving causes for… — Madam C. J. Walker Copy Share Image
I have made it possible for many colored women to abandon the washtub for a more pleasant and profitable occupation. — Madam C. J. Walker Copy Share Image
I have always held myself out as a hair culturist. I grow hair. — Madam C. J. Walker Copy Share Image
As I bent over the washboard and looked at my arms buried in soapsuds, I said to myself, 'What are you going to do… — Madam C. J. Walker Copy Share Image
Don't sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them. — Madam C. J. Walker Copy Share Image
