Bette Midler Quotes
“The worst part of success is to try to find someone who is happy for you.”
“Self-esteem is something you have to earn! The only way to achieve self-esteem is to work hard. People have an obligation to live up to their potential.”
“If you’re passionate about something, then you should pick up your flag and run with it.”
“Cherish forever what makes you unique, ‘cuz you’re really a yawn if it goes.”
“Life is not fair. And you have to choose your battles, because there are some that you cannot win. If you’re passionate about something, then you should pick up your flag and run with it.”
“You have to think you’re the greatest thing since sliced bread, but you have to know that you’re not.”
“I always try to balance the light with the heavy – a few tears of human spirit in with the sequins and the fringes.”
“When it’s time to shuffle off this mortal coil, you leave your ashes to be composted.”
“It’s the heart afraid of breaking that never learns to dance. It is the dream afraid of waking that never takes the chance.”
“Just remember, during the winter, far beneath the bitter snow, that there’s a seed that with the sun’s love in the spring becomes a rose.”
“As you age, feelings do diminish.”
“Make sure your life is a rare entertainment! It doesn’t take anything drastic. You needn’t be gorgeous or wealthy or smart, just very enthusiastic!”
“GOD is watching us, from a Distance.”
“A person’s life is a journey, a road. Sometimes you go off the road and sometimes you stay on all the way through. But you are the only one on that road. It’s your road.”
“If you can accept your differentness and learn to love it and encourage it, then you can be someone wonderful.”
“Romance is an illusion. Well, romance is not a complete illusion, but it’s ephemeral. It does not last.”
“Without passion, the powers-that-be can run roughshod over you.”
“Find your Light; They can’t love you if they can’t see you”
“We are all part of the ecosystem.”
“The outside world doesn’t have a lot to offer. You have to make your own heaven in your own home.”
“Life is like cooking your masterpiece recipe. You have to get the right ingredients,have the right mixture and the right cooking time to reveal the PERFECT and DELICIOUS TASTE of your craft.”
“I’m not interested in perfection. The universe is perfect, and there are some works of art that we see as perfect, but human beings aren’t perfect.”
“My whole life had been spent waiting for an epiphany, a manifestation of God’s presence, the kind of transcendent, magical experience that lets you see your place in the big picture. And that is what I had with my first [compost] heap.”
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