Quotes of Bella Abzug

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I began wearing hats as a young lawyer because it helped me to establish my professional identity. Before that, whenever I was at a meeting, someone would ask me to get coffee.

- Bella Abzug

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“ Enmity builds walls; love builds bridges. Enlightenment is the highway to world peace. ”

- Matshona Dhliwayo

“ I love words.  I crave descriptions that overwhelm my imagination with vivid detail.  I dwell on phrases that make my heart thrum.  I cherish expressions that pierce my emotions and force the tears to spill over.   In essence, I long for a writer's soul sealed in ink on the page. ”

- Richelle E. Goodrich

“ There will be tough workouts when the athlete has to really dig deep, believe, and not give up when the pain seems too much. The athlete can respond in one of two ways: Yield to the pain and selfdoubt or decide that fear will not determine his or her potential. It's hard (and usually uncomfortable) work breaking through old barriers and selfdefeating thought patterns to see meaningful progress, and fear is an absolutely natural response, but you can't let it become a limiter. ”

- Siri Lindley

“ Mythology is not a lie, mythology is poetry, it is metaphorical. It has been well said that mythology is the penultimate truthpenultimate because the ultimate cannot be put into words. It is beyond words. Beyond images, beyond that bounding rim of the Buddhist Wheel of Becoming. Mythology pitches the mind beyond that rim, to what can be known but not told. ”

- Joseph Campbell

“ I felt overwhelmed. I didn’t expect a first kiss to be so…life altering. In a few brief moments, the rule book of my universe had been rewritten. Suddenly I was a brand new person. I was as fragile as a newborn, but instead of the doctor placing me in my mother’s arms, he’d put me in Ren’s. What would Ren do with me? Would he draw me near, soothe me, and teach me about this new world or would he reject me and tell the doctor there must be some mistake. There was no way to know. What a breakable and delicate thing a heart was, no wonder I’d kept mine locked away. ”

- Colleen Houck

“ Fake it 'till you make it. ”

- Gayle Forman

“ I try to avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward. ”

- Charlotte Bronte

“ There is the great lesson of 'Beauty and the Beast,' that a thing must be loved before it is lovable. ”

- Chesterton

“ Nothing is so firmly believed as that which we least know. ”

- Michel de Montaigne

“ You can never plan the future by the past. ”

- Edmund Burke

“ I have come from the End of the World. From the River of Dreams, through the gauntlet and the Briar and the Deep Wyld, in order to stand before you today. I have but one request—to take my place at your side. To resume my duty as your knight, and to protect you and your kingdom for as long as I draw breath. ”

- Julie Kagawa

“ Your heart is a powerful force. Use it consciously. ”

- Amy Leigh Mercree

“ It is our wounds that create in us a desire to reach for miracles. The fulfillment of such miracles depends on whether we let our wounds pull us down or lift us up towards our dreams. ”

- Jocelyn Soriano

“ I miss your voice because it is a symphony; your scent because it is a treasure; your smile because it is a jewel; your hug because it is a masterpiece; and your kiss because it is a miracle. ”

- Matshona Dhliwayo

“ Close your eyes, take your time and listen. ”

- Maxime Lagacé

“ I’ll hold you in my heart, till I can hold you in my arms. ”

- Unknown

“ A bad attitude is like a flat tire, you can’t get very far until you change it. ”

- Unknown

“ When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everybody will respect you. ”

- Plato

“ Either you run the day, or the day runs you. ”

- Jim Rohn

“ Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure. ”

- George Edward Woodberry

“ Better to have, and not need, than to need, and not have. ”

- Franz Kafka

“ If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there’d be peace. ”

- John Lennon