YOUR GREATER ANIMALThey say that if you areEver confronted byA lion or bear,To never act scared.Instead act likeYou are the greater animalAnd that they'reThe hareThat you are aboutTo tear.This has beenProvenAnd compared.This is how presidentsAre lovedAnd feared.Each one of us has an animalWithin usThat is armed withMental,Physical orSpiritual giftsThat could shoot spearsThrough the air.So next timeYou are confronted inA fight that seems unfair,Just remember the lion and the bear.MAGNIFYYour greater animalAnd all that feel your magnificenceWill quickly step awayAnd disappear.
animal armed bear confidence fear feared fears fight gifts greater-animal greatness growth imbalanced insecure insecurity lion love loved magnificence mental physical president shoot size spark spear spirit spiritual spirituality strength unfair

About This Quote

About Suzy Kassem

Suzy Kassem.

Themes

  • Fear — Understanding and overcoming the anxieties that hold us back
  • Love — Quotes exploring romantic love, compassion, and human connection

More quotes by Suzy Kassem

“If you study the rhythm of life on this planet, you will find that everything moves in perfect symphony with everything else by grand divine design. The earth has the ability to heal and regenerat...”
— Suzy Kassem
co-exist creator cycle cycle-of-life

“To be of value to humanity, start by thinking for yourself.”
— Suzy Kassem
humanity individual individualism individuality

“If you are not willing to stand up for anything or anybody, then why should the Creator take a single step to help you?”
— Suzy Kassem
bravery cause conscience courage

“Teach all men to fish, but first teach all men to be fair. Take less, give more. Give more of yourself, take less from the world. Nobody owes you anything, you owe the world everything.”
— Suzy Kassem
equality fair fairness fish

“Global betterment is a mental process, not one that requires huge sums of money or a high level of authority. Change has to be psychological.”
— Suzy Kassem
authority change change-agent civil-rights

“To really change the world, we have to help people change the way they see things.”
— Suzy Kassem
apathy betterment bigotry business
View all quotes by Suzy Kassem →

Related Quotes

“Once I saw a chimpanzee gaze at a particularly beautiful sunset for a full 15 minutes, watching the changing colors [and then] retire to the forest without picking a pawpaw for supper.”
— Adriaan Kortlandt
animal nature sunset

“In an era of globalization, we recognize that we are part of a global society, but we have no idea how to make such a society work. So far, no unified vision or leadership has emerged to guide us i...”
— Victor Shamas
animal animal-rights animal-welfare compassion

“It is with eight lengthy legs we use to catch food, balance and knit a beautiful silk bed,but as babies we had lost our bones and skin, and hence our legs we had shed.”
— Jasmine Jean, Whimsy Girl
animal insect life nature

“I will love to be called a foolish man of peace, than to be named a wise man of war. Show me your weapons of war and I will show you my Bible of peace!”
— Israelmore Ayivor
armed armed-forces arms at-peace

“Never trust an armed police officer.”
— Steven Magee
armed never police police-brutality

“Surrender is no guarantee that an armed police officer will not shoot you.”
— Steven Magee
armed armed-and-dangerous armed-forces armed-violence

“Bear your pain or it will come back”
— Alok Jagawat
bear pain

“So the gods must mean something else, said Jix.God, not gods! insisted Johnnie.Nick threw up his hands. God, gods, or whatever, said Nick. Right now, it doesnt matter whether its Jesus, or Kukulcan...”
— Neal Shusterman, Everfound
bear god gods jix

“A gift can never be cheap or insignificant because of the heart and love it carries.”
— Munia Khan
bear because carry cheap