Pain makes you stronger, Fear makes you Braver, and Heartbreak makes you wiser.

Anger is like taking poison and waiting for the other person to die. ~ Malachy McCourt

It is strange that in our praying we seldom ask for a change in character, but always a change in circumstances.

Everything happens for a reason, and sometimes the reason is that you’re not very wise and you make bad decisions.

“Don’t let your worries get the best of you. Remember, Moses started out as a basket case” Some people are kind, polite, and sweet-spirited – until you try to sit in their pews. Many folks want to serve God, but only as advisers.

Gay Pride was not born out of a need to celebrate being gay, but instead our right to exist without prosecution. So maybe instead of wondering why there isn’t a Straight Pride month or movement, straight people should be thankful they don’t need one.

The Bible contains six admonishments to homosexuals and 362 admonishments to heterosexuals. That doesn’t mean that God doesn’t love heterosexuals. It’s just that they need more supervision. ~ Lynn Lavner

If male homosexuals are called ‘Gay’, then female homosexuals should be called ‘Ecstatic’. ~ Shelly Roberts

The word “homosexual” did not appear in the Bible until 1946. (Revised Standard Version).

People will forget what you said; people will forget what you did; but people will never forget how you made them feel.

Things turn out best for those who make the best of the way things turn out. ~ John Wooden

Forgive me my nonsense as I also forgive the nonsense of those who think they talk sense. ~ Robert Frost

Lord, when we are wrong, make us willing to change. And when we are right, make us easy to live with.

I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

You can suffer the pain of change, or suffer remaining the way you are. ~ Joyce Meyer

Just because you feel fear doesn’t mean you can’t do it. Do it afraid! ~ Joyce Meyer

In the U.S. Armed Forces more than 14,000 men and women have been fired over the last 17 years because of their sexual orientation. ~ Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, Dec 2010.

Never put both feet in your mouth at the same time, because then you won’t have a leg to stand on.

Man’s mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions. ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes

It is often said that to have a fulfilling life, three essentials are required: a clear sense of personal identity, a deep sense of faith and meaning, and a strong sense of purpose and mission. ~ Os Guinness

The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change. ~ Carl Rogers

Blessed are the people who can give without remembering and take without forgetting.

Sometimes I’d like to ask God why He allows poverty, famine and injustice when He could do something about it … but I’m afraid He might ask me the same question. ~ L. Strobel

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will crush my heart. ~ Pastor Leon Fontaine

Do not ask the Lord to guide your footsteps if you are not willing to move your feet.

80% of people’s problems are about how they feel about themselves. ~ Joyce Meyer

Being gay is not a Western invention; it is a human reality. ~ Secretary of State Hillary Clinton

If you are always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be! ~ Maya Angelou

 1.  Intelligence leads to arguments. Wisdom leads to settlements.  2.  Intelligence is power of will. Wisdom is power OVER will.  3.  Intelligence is heat, it burns. Wisdom is warmth, it comforts.  4.  Intelligence is pursuit of knowledge, it tires the seeker. Wisdom is pursuit of truth, it inspires the seeker.  5.  Intelligence is holding on….

Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re probably right. ~ Henry Ford