The reward for conformity is that everyone likes you but yourself.
~ Rita Mae Brown
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Better to have a big goal and reach half of it than to have no goal and reach all of it. ~ Joyce Meyer
It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others.
Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. ~ Martin Luther King Jr.
Never put both feet in your mouth at the same time, because then you won’t have a leg to stand on.
If you are always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be! ~ Maya Angelou
People will forget what you said; people will forget what you did; but people will never forget how you made them feel.
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….
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
Pain makes you stronger, Fear makes you Braver, and Heartbreak makes you wiser.
You can suffer the pain of change, or suffer remaining the way you are. ~ Joyce Meyer
80% of people’s problems are about how they feel about themselves. ~ Joyce Meyer
The word “homosexual” did not appear in the Bible until 1946. (Revised Standard Version).
Homosexuality is found in over 450 species. Homophobia is found in only one. Which one seems unnatural now?
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)
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will crush my heart. ~ Pastor Leon Fontaine
Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re probably right. ~ Henry Ford
Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass. It’s about learning to dance in the rain.
Everything happens for a reason, and sometimes the reason is that you’re not very wise and you make bad decisions.
I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ. ~ Mahatma Gandhi
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
Blessed are the people who can give without remembering and take without forgetting.
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.
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!!!
The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change. ~ Carl Rogers
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.
If male homosexuals are called ‘Gay’, then female homosexuals should be called ‘Ecstatic’. ~ Shelly Roberts
One Liners
“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.
Man’s mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions. ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes
Character is doing what you don’t want to do but know you should do. ~ Joyce Meyer