Madam C. J. Walker
businessperson, philanthropist, inventor, entrepreneur
Read on Wikipedia1867 – 1919
All Quotes by Madam C. J. Walker
“I feel that I am in a business that is a credit to the womanhood of our race.”
“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.”
“Everybody told me I was making a mistake by going into this business, but I know how to grow hair as well as I know how to grow cotton.”
“My advice to every one expecting to go into business is to hit often and hit hard; in other words, strike with all your might.”
“Everybody told me I was making a mistake by going into this business, but I know how to grow hair as well as I know how to grow cotton.”
“My object in life is not simply to make money for myself or to spend it on myself in dressing or running around in an automobile, but I love to use a part of what I make in trying to help others.”
“This is the greatest country under the sun. But we must not let our love of country, our patriotic loyalty, cause us to abate one whit in our protest against wrong and injustice.”
“I am not satisfied in making money for myself. I endeavor to provide employment for hundreds of the women of my race.”