Bessie-isms:

*Many seek to improve their lack of knowledge. But too few seek to fix their lack of heart and soul. You can lack knowledge and still make a passable life, but lacking understanding of what your heart or soul requires, dooms you in a thousand ways.

*Initiative can’t be taught or instilled in one lacking it. You either have it or you don’t. However, if you constantly punish someone for having and displaying any imitative, you’ll quickly get rid of any trace of it.

Quotable:

In difficult situations the boldest plans are the safest.

Titus Livy