Charity Adams Earley

“-Don't advertise when you are down. When people believe that you are down, they press down; when they think you are up, they push up.
- Don't worry that people talk about you, just hope that the talk is good. The time to worry is when no one mentions you at all, for it means that you have made no impression.
- Don't tell a lie; you may have to tell a second, even a third, to protect the first one. Real trouble begins when you forget the order in which you told them.
- Don't look back when you have made a decision. You cannot change the past, and looking back only impedes forward movement.”
― Charity Adams Earley, One Woman's Army: A Black Officer Remembers the WAC

“I, a Negro, had my picture on the front page of a white daily without having done anything criminal, a most unusual situation that added to the community's support of my actions.”
― Charity Adams Earley, One Woman's Army: A Black Officer Remembers the WAC