Audre Lorde Quotes

People let their own hang-ups become the obstacles between them and personal happiness.

I felt like I couldn't wallow in self-pity forever. I can't beat myself up forever.

I don't have time for self-pity. I don't see the point in dwelling on the past.

No matter how frustrated, disappointed and discouraged we may feel in the face of our failures, it's only temporary. And the faster you can stop wallowing in guilt, blame or resentment, the faster you can put it behind you.

It is impossible to go as high as you are capable of going, if you are carrying the burden of hate, revenge and bitterness.

Our most merciless enemy is our past.

I'm sick of doing bad things and liking it and then wondering what's wrong with me. I want it to be over. I want to start again.

Abandon anything about your life and habits that might be holding you back

My past was a private obstacle, not a public excuse.

I too have my own demons, and I have struggled. I've made my own mistakes, and I'm not proud of them.

I know I've done good things, I know I've done bad things.

For me, 'The Kite Runner' became about a guy who's emotionally shut down because he hasn't confronted his past.

You can't go into something good until you let go of all the bad stuff because you'll find yourself steady bringing up all the old in a new situation.

I have a lot of self-hatred and a lot of self-anger and a lot of things that I need to let go of.

The pride that keeps us from forgiving is the same pride which keeps us from accepting forgiveness.

You try to get rid of the things that are weighing you down.

When You Hold Onto Your History, You Do It At The Expense Of Your Destiny.

The enemy of the moment is not as important as our own inner weakness. If this is not mended we are already defeated, though no foreign conqueror stands within our walls.

I knew a Buddhist once, and I've hated myself ever since.

Guilt [is] a tool, rather than a weapon against the self.

We're never gonna move forward if we can't let go of things, especially things that don't happen to people today.

Get a grip, get a life, and get over it.

The Ideal is in thyself, the impediments too is in thyself.

For a person to build a rich and rewarding life for himself, there are certain qualities and bits of knowledge that he needs to acquire. But there are also things — harmful attitudes, superstitions, emotions — that he needs to chip away. A person needs to chip away everything that doesn't look like the person he or she most wants to become.

If a man cannot forget, he will never amount to much.