Quotes about Authenticity
I don't trust a man who hasn't suffered; I don't let a man get close to me who hasn't faced his wound.
— John Eldredge
Let people feel the weight of who you are, and let them deal with it.
— John Eldredge
If poetry comes not as naturally as the leaves to a tree it had better not come at all.
— John Keats
Being honest may not get you a lot of friends but it'll always get you the right ones.
— John Lennon
Trying to please everybody is impossible - if you did that, you'd end up in the middle with nobody liking you. You've just got to make the decision about what you think is your best, and do it.
— John Lennon
I'm not going to sacrifice love, real love, for any *%@$n' war or any friend, or any business, because in the end you're alone at night.
— John Lennon
Rituals are important. Nowadays it's hip not to be married. I'm not interested in being hip.
— John Lennon
People think you want them to do something or say something special...you don't. You just want them to be themselves, so you can be yourself.
— John Lennon
Image is what people think we are; integrity is whar we really are.
— John Maxwell
Its hard to be a diamond in a rhinestone world.
— Dolly Parton
In my experience, it's much easier to act like a Christian than it is to react like one. Anyone can put on an act. But your reactions reveal what is really in your heart.
— Mark Batterson
I could not help but think that somewhere along the way we had missed what was radical about our faith and replaced it with what is comfortable.
— David Platt