The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change. ~ Carl Rogers
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Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass. It’s about learning to dance in the rain.
80% of people’s problems are about how they feel about themselves. ~ Joyce Meyer
Better to have a big goal and reach half of it than to have no goal and reach all of it. ~ Joyce Meyer
Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re probably right. ~ Henry Ford
Blessed are the people who can give without remembering and take without forgetting.
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
Homosexuality is found in over 450 species. Homophobia is found in only one. Which one seems unnatural now?
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.
You can suffer the pain of change, or suffer remaining the way you are. ~ Joyce Meyer
Anger is like taking poison and waiting for the other person to die. ~ Malachy McCourt
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)
It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others.
If male homosexuals are called â€Gay’, then female homosexuals should be called ‘Ecstatic’. ~ Shelly Roberts
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.
Man’s mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions. ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes
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
People will forget what you said; people will forget what you did; but people will never forget how you made them feel.
It is strange that in our praying we seldom ask for a change in character, but always a change in circumstances.
Never put both feet in your mouth at the same time, because then you won’t have a leg to stand on.
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!!!
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….
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will crush my heart. ~ Pastor Leon Fontaine
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
The word “homosexual” did not appear in the Bible until 1946. (Revised Standard Version).
The reward for conformity is that everyone likes you but yourself. ~ Rita Mae Brown
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.
Character is doing what you don’t want to do but know you should do. ~ Joyce Meyer
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
I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ. ~ Mahatma Gandhi