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

Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. ~ Martin Luther King Jr.

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

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.

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

It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others.

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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.

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

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

 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.

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

Character is doing what you don’t want to do but know you should do. ~ Joyce Meyer

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Better to have a big goal and reach half of it than to have no goal and reach all of it. ~ Joyce Meyer

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!!!

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)

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

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.