Believe Quote by Lena Horne

It's so nice to get flowers while you can still smell the fragrance.

— Lena Horne

It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it. Carry it by the comfortable handles of gratitude for what's…

— Lena Horne

I made a promise to myself to be kinder to other people.

— Lena Horne

You have to be taught to be second class; you're not born that way.

— Lena Horne

I'm not a career kind of person. When I saw new music, new trends coming in, I didn't see any place for me. And…

— Lena Horne

Malcolm X made me very strong at a time I needed to understand what I was angry about. He had peace in his heart.…

— Lena Horne

Don't be afraid to feel as angry or as loving as you can, because when you feel nothing, it's just death.

— Lena Horne

I learned from Ethel Waters, Duke Ellington, Adelaide Hall, the Nicholas Brothers, the whole thing, the whole schmear. [The Cotton Club] was a great…

— Lena Horne

Count Basie isn't just a man, or even just a band. He's a way of life.

— Lena Horne

I had my schooling right there in the Cotton Club.

— Lena Horne

I want to sing like Aretha Franklin. Before her I wanted the technical ability of Ella Fitzgerald.

— Lena Horne

After I got over the terrible pain of having something of mine taken from me, I began to think how bad everybody else must…

— Lena Horne