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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.