Words matter. These are the best Betsy Hodges Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
Since I’m a Minnesotan, that bragging thing is a little hard.
I find that if I don’t have enough physical activity in life, I don’t do as well with anything else in my life. It’s stress relief; it’s good health. It’s fun. It’s alone time, for the most part.
I am very clear with people that I am willing and able to make tough choices, and I will do that.
Being deliberate in decisionmaking isn’t always flashy, but it does get results.
Everybody is happier living in a mixed-income neighborhood.
I lift weights. It’s one of the reasons I get up so early.
If we’re going to make a city everybody can live in for a lifetime, we need to make sure we are building and growing for everybody.
I am very aware that I married up, and I’m lucky for it every day.
People work hard for their money, and they expect services for the dollars they put into the city.
I pray and meditate first thing in the morning.
There are some folks at the teacher’s union who aren’t big fans of mine, in part, because I have been open and want to make sure everybody is sitting at the table as we talk about education.
Human-induced climate change is a scientific reality, and its effective control is a moral imperative for humanity.
I think our cities’ deteriorating infrastructure is a silent crisis.
Physical development fosters learning.
Politics is challenging for everyone’s integrity… I have to wake up with myself every morning, and I have to be OK with the person I wake up with. If I string together too many days of waking up with a person I’m not happy to be, I have a lot bigger things at stake in my life than an election or a job.
When Trump’s cronies are the people attacking you, you know you’ve done something right.
Philosophically, I don’t believe in public funding for private sports.
I thank the officers of the Minneapolis Police Department, who work hard every day to help people in their most vulnerable moments, keep our communities safe, and build relationships and trust with the public.
In Minneapolis, we believe in connection, not alienation. We believe in compassion, not indifference. We believe in love, but we are not timid.
Prince was unapologetically different, and he made it okay for his fans to be different and to celebrate their individuality. His social conscience challenged us to look deeper than the skin color of our neighbors.
We stand with our Muslim community as President Trump singles them out for attack and unfairly-targeted policy.
What does it mean to have a mayor who has an organizing background? It means I have allies and partners on whom I can call for advice – and that are also holding my feet to the fire already.
I don’t have cable. I don’t have a DVR.
We must shout out from the rooftops that Minneapolis is the best place on Earth.
I’m a Democrat.
I will never, ever forget the electricity I felt the first time I listened to the ‘Purple Rain’ soundtrack – and many times since.
Donald Trump has his Twitter account, but so do I, and so do millions and millions of Americans. So the way that we can organize around that is different than what we had in the past, and we can use that tool for good, not just for evil.
Every marathon starts with that first mile. But somewhere around mile 16 or 18 – trust me on this – your feet are killing you, you’re not sure you can breathe anymore, your mind is frazzled, your body wracked with pain, and all you want to do is stop.
For the residents of Minneapolis, the loss of Prince is too large to describe. His music brought untold joy to people all over the world. But in Minneapolis, it is different. It is harder here.
Part of what makes Minneapolis such a vibrant place to live and work is that we have active residents of all ages.
