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

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

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)

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

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

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will crush my heart. ~ Pastor Leon Fontaine

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

“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.

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

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

Homosexuality is found in over 450 species. Homophobia is found in only one. Which one seems unnatural now?

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

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

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

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

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

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!!!