--- title: "29 Ifs Quotes By Alice Walker" description: "29 Ifs quotes by Alice Walker. Plus more from Alice Walker and more Ifs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b1/alice-walker-347_book_love-likes-to-extend-itself-if-you-recei_3067225.png" --- > [Love likes to extend itself. If you receive it in a book - or however you get it - then your duty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/love-likes-to-extend-itself-if-you-receive-it-in-a-book-or-however/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b1/alice-walker-347_book_love-likes-to-extend-itself-if-you-recei_3067225.png) > [If I'm killed - if I'm removed - there is nowhere else for me to go but to my ancestors.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/if-i-m-killed-if-i-m-removed-there-is-nowhere-else-for-me-to-go-but/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/523/alice-walker-347_ancestor_if-i-m-killed-if-i-m-removed-there-is-no_1736161.png) > [If a person is hit hard enough, even if she stands, she falls.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/if-a-person-is-hit-hard-enough-even-if-she-stands-she-falls/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ea/alice-walker-347_enough_if-a-person-is-hit-hard-enough-even-if-s_2595564.png) > [But if by some miracle and all our struggle, the earth is spared, only justice to every living being will save humankind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/but-if-by-some-miracle-and-all-our-struggle-the-earth-is-spared-only/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ab/alice-walker-347_animal_but-if-by-some-miracle-and-all-our-strug_2936765.png) > [What gardening teaches us is that if you plant things, they'll come up. But you have to be willing to wait for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/what-gardening-teaches-us-is-that-if-you-plant-things-they-ll-come-up/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a0/alice-walker-347_bears_what-gardening-teaches-us-is-that-if-you_2390000.png) > [After all, how can a society flourish, a country attain democracy and health, children grow into intelligent beings, sensitive to the needs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/after-all-how-can-a-society-flourish-a-country-attain-democracy-and/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6eb/alice-walker-347_children_after-all-how-can-a-society-flourish-a-c_1048904.png) > [Everything is already perfect. And if you can accept that everything is already perfect, the imperfection is a part of the perfection.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/everything-is-already-perfect-and-if-you-can-accept-that-everything/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de9/alice-walker-347_acceptance_everything-is-already-perfect-and-if-you_981517.jpg) > [before I embark on any new venture, I ask myself: will the joy of doing this make me lose track of any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/before-i-embark-on-any-new-venture-i-ask-myself-will-the-joy-of-doing/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e6/alice-walker-347_answers_before-i-embark-on-any-new-venture-i-ask_1780948.png) > [It must become a right of every person to die of old age. And if we secure this right for ourselves, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/it-must-become-a-right-of-every-person-to-die-of-old-age-and-if-we/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/697/alice-walker-347_age_it-must-become-a-right-of-every-person-t_1334990.png) > [You really can't be a good artist if you can't say what you really feel. And people may be offended, but, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/you-really-can-t-be-a-good-artist-if-you-can-t-say-what-you-really/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31c/alice-walker-347_art_you-really-can-t-be-a-good-artist-if-you_594384.png) > [HELPED are those who live in quietness, knowing neither brand name nor fad; they shall live every day as if in eternity,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/helped-are-those-who-live-in-quietness-knowing-neither-brand-name-nor/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb0/alice-walker-347_brand-names_helped-are-those-who-live-in-quietness-k_2754994.png) > [If I could live as a tree, as a river, as the moon, as the sun, as a star, as the earth,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/if-i-could-live-as-a-tree-as-a-river-as-the-moon-as-the-sun-as-a-star/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f2/alice-walker-347_creation_if-i-could-live-as-a-tree-as-a-river-as_319791.png) > [Now there are heavy houses everywhere and more of them are being built. In fact, it is only when more houses are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/now-there-are-heavy-houses-everywhere-and-more-of-them-are-being/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a51/alice-walker-347_built_now-there-are-heavy-houses-everywhere-an_2574244.png) > [I want something else; a different system entirely. One not seen on this earth for thousands of years. If ever. Democratic Womanism.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/i-want-something-else-a-different-system-entirely-one-not-seen-on/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4f/alice-walker-347_democracy_i-want-something-else-a-different-system_1862060.jpg) > [My activism really is for myself, because I see places in the world where I feel I should be. If there is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/my-activism-really-is-for-myself-because-i-see-places-in-the-world/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eac/alice-walker-347_activism_my-activism-really-is-for-myself-because_2979933.jpg) > [Be compassionate to everyone. Don't just search for whatever it is that annoys and frightens you-see beyond those things to the basic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/be-compassionate-to-everyone-don-t-just-search-for-whatever-it-is/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e46/alice-walker-347_annoying_be-compassionate-to-everyone-don-t-just_874996.png) > [Love yourself. Just love yourself. In fact, the love of the self cures every kind of problem you have with yourself. For…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/love-yourself-just-love-yourself-in-fact-the-love-of-the-self-cures/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/635/alice-walker-347_black_love-yourself-just-love-yourself-in-fact_2694062.png) > [God is inside you and inside everybody else. You come into the world with God. But only them that search for it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/god-is-inside-you-and-inside-everybody-else-you-come-into-the-world/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b97/alice-walker-347_folks_god-is-inside-you-and-inside-everybody-e_261243.png) > [The earth is for joy, and dancing is a big part of that. And you dance with nature. Nature is always dancing.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/the-earth-is-for-joy-and-dancing-is-a-big-part-of-that-and-you-dance/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18e/alice-walker-347_bigs_the-earth-is-for-joy-and-dancing-is-a-bi_1655664.png) > [As for those who think the Arab world promises freedom, the briefest study of its routine traditional treatment of blacks (slavery) and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/as-for-those-who-think-the-arab-world-promises-freedom-the-briefest/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33d/alice-walker-347_arab-world_as-for-those-who-think-the-arab-world-pr_1376982.jpg) > [I don't know if you actually get something out of writing poetry. I think poetry is an autonomous muse that decides to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/i-don-t-know-if-you-actually-get-something-out-of-writing-poetry-i/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4af/alice-walker-347_autonomous_i-don-t-know-if-you-actually-get-somethi_2263042.png) > [We alone can devalue gold by not caring if it falls or rises in the marketplace. Wherever there is gold there is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/we-alone-can-devalue-gold-by-not-caring-if-it-falls-or-rises-in-the/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7b6/alice-walker-347_caring_we-alone-can-devalue-gold-by-not-caring_555367.png) > [We are a people. A people do not throw their geniuses away. If they do, it is our duty as witnesses for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/we-are-a-people-a-people-do-not-throw-their-geniuses-away-if-they-do/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/675/alice-walker-347_bones_we-are-a-people-a-people-do-not-throw-th_2530999.jpg) > [human animals and nonhuman animals can communicate quite well; if we are brought up around animals as children we take this for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/human-animals-and-nonhuman-animals-can-communicate-quite-well-if-we/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/939/alice-walker-347_adults_human-animals-and-nonhuman-animals-can-c_2497425.png) > [I think if I could not get myself off my cushion, off my couch, or away from whatever I'm eating - or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/i-think-if-i-could-not-get-myself-off-my-cushion-off-my-couch-or-away/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a35/alice-walker-347_couches_i-think-if-i-could-not-get-myself-off-my_1892928.png) > [I feel that all you can do is give it your absolute best with whatever gifts the universe has given you. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/i-feel-that-all-you-can-do-is-give-it-your-absolute-best-with/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fd/alice-walker-347_absolutes_i-feel-that-all-you-can-do-is-give-it-yo_1481792.jpg) > [You can just keep going and going and going, and you never get to the end of it because there is no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/you-can-just-keep-going-and-going-and-going-and-you-never-get-to-the/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f4/alice-walker-347_accepting_you-can-just-keep-going-and-going-and-go_1395156.png) > [If you don't have the ability or encouragement to use yourself in a physical way, you could become just another talking head.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/if-you-don-t-have-the-ability-or-encouragement-to-use-yourself-in-a/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d97/alice-walker-347_ability_if-you-don-t-have-the-ability-or-encoura_1117685.jpg) > [To grow, to become spiritually alive, and vibrant, you really have to struggle. Without struggle, you do not move at all...I would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/to-grow-to-become-spiritually-alive-and-vibrant-you-really-have-to/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48a/alice-walker-347_alive_to-grow-to-become-spiritually-alive-and_1213790.png) ## Other authors on Ifs ## More by Alice Walker > [I gave my archive to Emory University because there's a really dear friend who teaches there, Rudolph Byrd, and he's the editor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/i-gave-my-archive-to-emory-university-because-there-s-a-really-dear/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) > [Just be what it is that you are, and that is just fine. You don't have to be what you're not in any way.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/just-be-what-it-is-that-you-are-and-that-is-just-fine-you-don-t-have/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) > [“Remember this-- say it & know it is true: Alice loves me Alice loves me and I am not blamed for this. ... she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/remember-this-say-it-know-it-is-true-alice-loves-me-alice-loves-me/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) > [“Only the sky above us do we hold in common.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/only-the-sky-above-us-do-we-hold-in-common/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) > [“Why aren't you happy in America, if everyone there drives motorcars?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/why-aren-t-you-happy-in-america-if-everyone-there-drives-motorcars/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) > [“She saw poetry where other writers merely saw failure to cope with English.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/she-saw-poetry-where-other-writers-merely-saw-failure-to-cope-with/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) > [My mother had handed down respect for the possibilities...and the will to grasp them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/my-mother-had-handed-down-respect-for-the-possibilities-and-the-will/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) > [Helped are those who are content to be themselves; they will never lack mystery in their lives and the joys of self-discovery will be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/helped-are-those-who-are-content-to-be-themselves-they-will-never/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) > [“As others might prepare for an exam whose subject matter is unknown to them, so I must study, cram, for every conversation with my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/as-others-might-prepare-for-an-exam-whose-subject-matter-is-unknown/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) > [The original crime of niggers and lesbians is that they prefer themselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/the-original-crime-of-niggers-and-lesbians-is-that-they-prefer/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) > [My mother was very strong. Once, she picked up a coconut and smashed it against my father's head. It taught me about women defending…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/my-mother-was-very-strong-once-she-picked-up-a-coconut-and-smashed-it/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) > [Many readers fail to realize this, but 'The Color Purple' is a theological text. It is about the reclamation of one's original God: the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/many-readers-fail-to-realize-this-but-the-color-purple-is-a/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) > [The good news may be that Nature is phasing out the white man, but the bad news is that's who She thinks we all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/the-good-news-may-be-that-nature-is-phasing-out-the-white-man-but-the/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) > [Humans - whatever billions we are - we don't have the control. We are considered expendable, basically.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/humans-whatever-billions-we-are-we-don-t-have-the-control-we-are/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) > [All my life I had to fight. I had to fight my daddy. I had to fight my uncles. I had to fight my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/all-my-life-i-had-to-fight-i-had-to-fight-my-daddy-i-had-to-fight-my/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/alice-walker/#itemlist", "name": "29 Ifs Quotes By Alice Walker", "numberOfItems": 29, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Love likes to extend itself. 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