Bessie-isms:

*Who might truly be counted as inferior? One who has no will and less ambition, no urge to grow and small interest in loving anyone. But also count as inferior those who consider themselves superior solely on the basis of their birth, wealth or cunning.

*A leader who has no willingness to make hard choices, to make difficult decisions is a leader in name only.

Quotable:

Just as yellow gold is tested in the fire, so is friendship tested by adversity.

Ovid