Lawana Blackwell Quotes

Patterning your life around other's opinions is nothing more than slavery.

True repentance means making amends with the person when at all possible.

Age is no guarantee of maturity.

Outings are so much more fun when we can savor them through the children's eyes.

The hatred you're carrying is a live coal in your heart - far more damaging to yourself than to them.

Forgiveness is almost a selfish act because of its immense benefits to the one who forgives.

It isn't kind to cultivate a friendship just so one will have an audience.

I've grown to realize the joy that comes from little victories is preferable to the fun that comes from ease and the pursuit of pleasure.

Propriety was a rigid master, but one that must be obeyed if one wanted to keep a sterling reputation.

For all their strength, men were sometimes like little children.

If there was strife and contention in the home, very little else in life could compensate for it.

If courage wasn't a standard result of aging it meant that the young could somehow acquire it as well.