Bessie-isms:

*You bring your talent with you to each new life but your character must be scrounged up and assembled on site. Thank God for your talent, and blame yourself for your character, especially if it’s a crappy one.

*People hate change, although they will pretend they want new things. In light of this, it takes either a very brave or a completely crazy person to blow up the status quo and try to build something new.