Down and Quote by Madam C. J. Walker

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I have made it possible for many colored women to abandon the washtub for a more pleasant and profitable occupation.

— Madam C. J. Walker

I have always held myself out as a hair culturist. I grow hair.

— Madam C. J. Walker

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

Don't sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them.

— Madam C. J. Walker

I have built my own factory on my own ground, 38 by 208 feet. I employ in that factory seven people, including a bookkeeper,…

— Madam C. J. Walker