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

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

Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass. It’s about learning to dance in the rain.

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

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

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

The reward for conformity is that everyone likes you but yourself. ~ Rita Mae Brown

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

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

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

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

 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….

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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

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.

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

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

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

Under everyone’s hard shell is someone who wants to be appreciated and loved. ~ Andy Rooney