You're blessed if you have the strength to work. Mahalia Jackson More Quotes by Mahalia Jackson More Quotes From Mahalia Jackson Faith and prayer are the vitamins of the soul; man cannot live in health without them. Mahalia Jackson healthprayerfaith When you sing gospel you have a feeling there is a cure for what's wrong. Mahalia Jackson curesfeelings God can make you anything you want to be, but you have to put everything in his hands. Mahalia Jackson godlywanthands It is easy to be independent when you've got money. But to be independent when you haven't got a thing, that's the Lord's test. Mahalia Jackson famous-inspirationalindependentmoney Gospel songs are the songs of hope. When you sing gospel you have the feeling there is a cure for what's wrong, but when you are through with the blues, you've got nothing to rest on. Mahalia Jackson curesfeelingssong Baby, black promoters oppressed me before white promoters ever got hold of me. Don't talk skin to me. Mahalia Jackson blackwhitebaby I sing God's music because it makes me feel free. It gives me hope. With the blues, when you finish, you still have the blues. Mahalia Jackson music-isfeelsgiving Without a song, each day would be a century. Mahalia Jackson musicwould-besong The mind and the voice by themselves are not sufficient. Mahalia Jackson sufficientvoicemind Do you know most of the Jewish songs have the same trend of sadness as Negro spirituals? Mahalia Jackson trendssadnesssong If you believe in God, He will open the windows of heaven and pour blessings upon you. Mahalia Jackson blessinggodbelieve I close my eyes when I sing so I can feel the song better. Mahalia Jackson eyefeelssong Gospel music in those days of the early 1930s was really taking wing. It was the kind of music colored people had left behind them down South and they liked it because it was just like a letter from home. Mahalia Jackson musichomewings How can you sing of Amazing Grace? How can you sing prayerfully of heaven and earth and all God's wonders without using your hands? Mahalia Jackson gracewonderhands Sometimes you ask God for something and you don't know what you're asking. Mahalia Jackson godaskingsometimes If you want me to sing this Christmas song with the feeling and the meaning, you better see if you can locate that check. Mahalia Jackson christmasfeelingssong The Lord doesn't like us to be dead. Be alive. Sometimes I dance to the glory of the Lord, because He said so. Mahalia Jackson alivedanceinspirational Money just draws flies. Mahalia Jackson draws My hands, my feet, I throw my whole body to say all that is within me. Mahalia Jackson bodyfeethands The old Devil gets mad when you're trying to do good. Pray that God will move the stumbling blocks. Mahalia Jackson madblockmoving
