Lawana Quotes & Sayings

Just think of what would have happened to poor old Naaman if he had decided to dunk himself only once? — Lawana Blackwell

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

Then just how do you conduct business, Vance? I knew you were hiding something from me. Something told me you were their attorney. You definitely have the look of one. It was just something about the way your pant legs whispered above the shine of your shoes but I didn't want to believe it," she recalled from the day of the chaos on the premises of Stone & Nichols. She thought he looked darn good then as well as today. — Lawana Dinkins

The magic of everyday life is the sacred moment. — Lailah Gifty Akita

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. — Lawana Blackwell

It seems that many people who are deficient in character have an overabundance of charm. I — Lawana Blackwell

It was a family joke that Lydia's domestic tendencies were somehow misplaced when she was created. — Lawana Blackwell

When we persue happiness for it's own sake, it's like chasing the end of a rainbow. It will always elude us. It is when we're committed to some higher purpose that happiness somehow breaks through and comes to dwell with us. — Lawana Blackwell

Oh, a dainty plant is the ivy green, That creepeth o'er ruins old! Of right choice food are his meals, I ween, In his cell so lone and cold. Creeping where no life is seen, A rare old plant is the ivy green. — Charles Dickens

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

The earth is like a spaceship that didn't come with an operating manual. — R. Buckminster Fuller

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

Herricks to the Baptist chapel. Though they often strolled — Lawana Blackwell

Child never allowed to give would surely become a self-indulgent adult, his happiness dependent upon whatever was put into his outstretched palm. — Lawana Blackwell

Exceptions are dangerous, Mr. Clay. Give them a foothold and they turn into habits. — Lawana Blackwell

Age is no guarantee of maturity. — Lawana Blackwell

Faith would not be neccesary if one could be sure about everything. — Lawana Blackwell

When we lose someone we've allowed to be our whole life, we find that we have very little left to sustain us. Not only have we distanced ourselves from God, but we've lost something of ourselves in the process. When my husband passed away, I discovered that my relationship with God had been a shallow one at best, and that I had no reservoir of inner strength to draw from. — Lawana Blackwell

Mature adults gravitate toward new values and understandings, not just rehashing and blind acceptance of past patterns and previous learning. This is an ongoing process and maturity demands lifelong learners. — David W. Earle

After all, I was only eighteen then. I'm almost twenty now. I learned lots about narrative structure in my Honors English classes so I know what I'm doing. — Daniel Handler

Because when we lose someone we've allowed to be our whole life, we find that we have very little left to sustain us. Not only have we distanced ourselves from God, but we've lost something of ourselves in the process. — Lawana Blackwell

The lust for comfort kills the passions of the soul. — Kahlil Gibran

In my heart there was a kind of fighting, That would not let me sleep — William Shakespeare

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

Miguel: We've only gone over 100x! Mika: K - gonna roc!! Billy: Glad ur babysitting, dumbass. U know how 2 shoot, right? Mika: Screw u! Kevin: Cut the crap - stay focused treat us like animals we'll show them animals Mika: Hear that! Miguel: Payback a bitch! — Sophie Jordan

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

In your telephone call, you [Malcolm Turnbull]said that neither you nor the Cabinet would be supporting my nomination. When I asked the reasons for this, you said that neither you nor the Cabinet has the view that I had the qualifications for the position [of UN's secretary-general]. — Kevin Rudd

The highest political buzz word is not liberty, equality, fraternity or solidarity; it is service. — Arthur Hugh Clough

Valley's don't last forever ... Neither did mountaintops of life, but if a person just had faith and held on, each valley would eventually end. — Lawana Blackwell

Seeing the show is like a visit to the fountain of youth for parents and the children. — Cathy Rigby

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

I think there is something wrong with the human race. It undermines everything one would like to believe in, don't you think? — Kate Atkinson

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

Listen to sounds beyond silence. — Shirley Maclaine

Producing obituaries is a way of creating a legacy to remember important people of our times and their contributions. No matter whose obituary it is, I look for something inspirational about each person. — Laurie Nadel

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

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

And it had come from God, she was certain, for He answered most of her prayers that way. Unobtrusively. Quietly. — Lawana Blackwell

Reaching into someone else's pocket to assist one's fellow man hardly qualifies as charity. — Walter E. Williams

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