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.
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Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. ~ Martin Luther King Jr.
It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others.
The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change. ~ Carl Rogers
Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re probably right. ~ Henry Ford
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will crush my heart. ~ Pastor Leon Fontaine
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
Profound Distinctions Between Intelligence and Wisdom
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….
Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass. It’s about learning to dance in the rain.
If you are always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be! ~ Maya Angelou
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.
Better to have a big goal and reach half of it than to have no goal and reach all of it. ~ Joyce Meyer
You can suffer the pain of change, or suffer remaining the way you are. ~ Joyce Meyer
Do not ask the Lord to guide your footsteps if you are not willing to move your feet.
Man’s mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions. ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes
The reward for conformity is that everyone likes you but yourself. ~ Rita Mae Brown
Just because you feel fear doesn’t mean you can’t do it. Do it afraid! ~ Joyce Meyer
Being gay is not a Western invention; it is a human reality. ~ Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
Under everyone’s hard shell is someone who wants to be appreciated and loved. ~ Andy Rooney
Never put both feet in your mouth at the same time, because then you won’t have a leg to stand on.
Character is doing what you don’t want to do but know you should do. ~ Joyce Meyer
Lord, when we are wrong, make us willing to change. And when we are right, make us easy to live with.
All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. ~ Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher (1788 – 1860)
Anger is like taking poison and waiting for the other person to die. ~ Malachy McCourt
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
Homosexuality is found in over 450 species. Homophobia is found in only one. Which one seems unnatural now?
Life is not the way it’s supposed to be. It’s the way it is. The way you cope with it is what makes the difference.
I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ. ~ Mahatma Gandhi
Blessed are the people who can give without remembering and take without forgetting.
An old man said, “Erasers” are made for those who make MISTAKES. A youth replied, “Erasers” are made for those who are willing to CORRECT their mistakes. ATTITUDE MATTERS!!!
80% of people’s problems are about how they feel about themselves. ~ Joyce Meyer