Quotes about Authenticity
Let us say what we feel, and feel what we say let speech harmonize with life.
— Lucius Annaeus Seneca
You have to learn to follow your heart. You can't let other people pressure you into being something that you're not. If you want God's favor in your life, you must be the person He made you to be, not the person your boss wants you to be, not even the person your parents or your husband wants you to be. You can't let outside expectations keep you from following your own heart.
— Joel Osteen
The truth is we are defined by our actions, not by our intentions.
— John Bevere
A minister or a Christian is what he lives, not what he preaches.
— John Bevere
God is not looking for an outward form of holiness; He wants an inward change of heart,…
— John Bevere
True love doesn't flatter; it's truthful.
— John Bevere
When Jesus questioned, "Why do you call Me 'Lord, Lord,' and not do the things which I say?" He was actually saying, "Do not deceive yourself by calling Me 'Lord' while you continue to live your life as if you owned it.
— John Bevere
Religion has no place in his heart, his home, or his conversation. He is all talk, and his religion is to make noise with his mouth. Really!
— John Bunyan
The new convert is tested to see if the words he professes are justified with corresponding fruit in his life. Christian's
— John Bunyan
The bothersome noise of religious talk grows irksome when laid upon the living score of discordant behavior. Talkative's
— John Bunyan
Now I was, as they said, become godly; now I was become a right honest man. But oh! when I understood these were their words and opinions of me, it pleased me mighty well. For, though as yet I was nothing but a poor painted hypocrite, yet, I loved to be talked of as one that was truly godly.
— John Bunyan
I also know that a man, by the way he lives his life, can quickly invalidate whatever arguments or advice he presents to others for their own good. Yet
— John Bunyan