Bessie-isms:

*If you aren’t willing to put some effort into crafting an excuse, just admit the truth and take your licks. You’ll be regarded better than you will if you do a poor job of excuse making.

*We love our pets easier than we do people. Animals are more honest and take less effort to understand.

Quotable:

Good character is more to be praised than outstanding talent. Most talents are, to some extent, a gift. Good character, by contrast, is not given to us. We have to build it, piece by piece, by thought, choice, courage and determination.

H. Jackson Browne