Belize Quotes

“Drama does not just walk into our lives. Either we create it, invite it, or associate with it.”
― Brandi L. Bates, Remains To Be Seen

“You settle for less, you get less.”
― Brandi L. Bates, Remains To Be Seen

“Everyone's life changes when they meet their Obi-Wan & their Yoda, or their Morpheus & their Oracle; those who help remove the veil.”
― Brandi L. Bates

“Be selective in your battles...”
― Brandi L. Bates, Remains To Be Seen

“I don't want to be around people who accept me as is, in my unrefined state of becoming. I consistently want people around me who push and encourage me to be my ultimate best, who bring out the inner diamonds. I want to be around those intellectual giants who extract the gold within me, those who force me to read, to attend classes, seminars, conferences, and who steep me in an environment of perpetual growth and upward mobility. Not trying to be funny, but I've learned that I simply cannot afford to invest too much time around mediocrity. It's contagious.”
― Brandi L. Bates

“Understand: I don't ever want to be equal to any other being. I always want to be greater...in all things, in all circumstances.”
― Brandi L. Bates, Remains To Be Seen

“No one is born with equality. We all come here with varying degrees of opportunities, qualities, strengths, weaknesses, IQ, etc.”
― Brandi L. Bates, Remains To Be Seen

“When my son speaks of playing sports, I've always told him: playing on the team is great, but aspire to be the guy who owns the team. I've always told my son: most of the guys on the team will end up bankrupt with bum knees, but not the guy who owns that franchise.”
― Brandi L. Bates

“The reason why many people remain on the bottom is because they play to 'not lose', as opposed to playing to win at all costs.”
― Brandi L. Bates, Remains To Be Seen

“Dear Non-Black American,
when you comes to the United States, you become black.No matter of your origin. Stop saying you are Liberian, Jamaican, Belizean, Nigerian,
South African or Ghanaian. White America doesn't care about all that bull, that's why on the work application it doesn't give you the option to say Ghanaian or Jamaican, it says "African American.”
― Henry Johnson Jr

“The village was kissed by a kaleidoscope of colour – on the facades of restaurants, hostels and hotels, boutiques and bars. Fresh seafood was the star of every menu, of course, with the lobsters basically walking up the sand and straight onto the plate. But for me, the star of Caye Caulker wouldn’t be the sun or the sea, it would be him.”
― Dana Da Silva, The Shift: A Memoir