Chocolate Rose
I had to make my own living and my own opportunity. But I made it! Don’t sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them.
Madame C.J. Walker
God answered my prayer, for one night I had a dream, and in that dream a big black man appeared to me and told me what to mix up for my hair. Some of the remedy was grown in Africa, but I sent for it, mixed it, put it on my scalp, and in a few weeks my hair was coming in faster than it had ever fallen out. I tried it on my friends; it helped them. I made up my mind I would begin to sell it.
Madame C.J. Walker
When we began to make $10 a day, my ex-husband thought that was enough, thought I ought to be satisfied. But I was convinced that my hair preparation would fill a long-felt want. And when we found it impossible to agree, due to his narrowness of vision, I embarked on business for myself.
Madame 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 was promoted to the cook kitchen. And from there I promoted myself into the business of manufacturing hair goods and preparations….I have built my own factory on my own ground.
Madame C.J. Walker
I got my start by giving myself a start.
Madame C.J. Walker
I am not satisfied in making money for myself. I endeavor to provide employment for hundreds of the women of my race.
Madame C.J. Walker
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.
Madame C.J. Walker
Perseverance is my motto.
Madame C.J. Walker
I am not ashamed of my past. I am not ashamed of my humble beginning.
Madame C.J. Walker
