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

—Lawana Blackwell

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

—Lawana Blackwell

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

—Lawana Blackwell

Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinions of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth.

—Lawana Blackwell

Funny business, a woman's career: the things you drop on the way up the ladder so you can move faster. You forget you'll need them again when you get back to being a woman. It's one career all females have in common, whether we like it or not: being a woman. Sooner or later, we've got to work at it, no matter how many other careers we've had or wanted.

—Lawana Blackwell

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Age is no guarantee of maturity.

—Lawana Blackwell

More quotations tagged with “forgiveness”

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

—Lawana Blackwell

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.

—Josh Billings

Tis the most tender part of love, each other to forgive.

—John Sheffield

To err is human; to forgive, infrequent.

—Franklin P. Adams

If you haven't forgiven yourself something, how can you forgive others?

—Dolores Huerta

History

11 Jul 2015 Added
26 Oct 2026 Wording changed

Previous wording

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