Don’t sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them!
Madam C. J. Walker
Where these words come from
- 85% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Quotation reproduced in Smithsonian NMAAHC, Sizzle (2019); Institutional attribution; excerpt verified in the museum article, not an original speech transcript.
- Quotation reproduced in Smithsonian NMAAHC, Sizzle (2019)
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