Bette Lord Quotes & Sayings

Prophecies do not alter fate, only confirm it. — Bette Lord

You must not use wood to put out the fire. — Bette Lord

Nothing fruitful ever comes when plants are forced to flower in the wrong season. — Bette Lord

Principles have a way of yielding to power. — Bette Lord

What harm is there in dreaming, if it eases pain? What good is reality, if it blots out hope? Can a man's mind be washed without bleaching his soul? — Bette Lord

A secret, like a chore, always seems to lead to another, one even more troublesome than the first. — Bette Lord

In yielding we are like the water, by nature placid, conforming to the hollow of the smallest hand; in time, shaping even the mountains to its will. Thus we keep duty and honor. We cherish clan and civilization. We are Chinese. — Bette Lord

If mortals wait until the gods remake the world to their liking to be happy, they are already in hell. — Bette Lord

To ask for anything of consequence from friends who cannot refuse is uncivilized. — Bette Lord

The young see what they wish to see. The old see what they do not wish. — Bette Lord

Like most Chinese, I am basically a fatalist - too sophisticated for religion and too superstitious to deny the gods. — Bette Lord