Belt Quotes

“Confidence, is like a belt worn around the waist. Wear it too tight, you come off cocky and arrogant, wear it too loose, you come off timid and a walk over, but wear it fit and snug, it will uphold you in every step of the way.”
― Anthony Liccione

“As long as you want the belt, don’t run away from the fight. Do what it takes to win the battles you face.”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Mine Your Gold: How to dig up and optimize your hidden greatness

“After I received my blue belt, I soon recognized that the belts were simply an external representation of an inner experience, and that they mattered little compared to the person I was becoming.”
― Chris Matakas, The Tao of Jiu Jitsu

“Never give up on the fight until you win the belt.”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Become a Better You

“This was true, she knew. Being involved with him gave her the privileged position of knowing him intimately. There were nights when he would wake up sweating, the nightmares returning out of the blue after a peaceful period sometimes weeks long. Growing up in the middle of a fierce civil war could indelibly mark a child. To Mykl, birthdays were always just another year under the belt, where the only reason to celebrate was that you weren’t dead yet. She took his hand, squeezed it tight and led him inside.”
― Christina Engela, Dead Beckoning

“Consistency is the belt that fastens excellence in position. If you don't do it repeatedly, you'll not excel in it.”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Let's go to the Next Level

“Ajali haina mkanda. Punguza mwendo wa gari lako.”
― Enock Maregesi

“I frown and turn in the direction he tells me to find Ivy sauntering towards us with her hands on her hips and a skirt that's far too short to be called that. Oh wow, I'm turning into a middle-aged woman. Next thing I know, I'll be referring to it as a belt and telling her she'll get frostbite.”
― Laura Greenwood, First Time's a Charm

“The modern corporate healthcare system is a conveyor belt of sick people that are put on many potent prescription drugs that eventually takes them into coffins.”
― Steven Magee

“The "Suicide Belt" is a name given to the high suicide rates around the high altitude “Rocky Mountain” states. You can see the same thing in the highest islands in the Canary Islands and Hawaii.”
― Steven Magee

“Alaska...The new USA farm belt!”
― Steven Magee

“You might as well look good if you're going to arm yourself to the teeth.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury