Quotes about Identity
Our state cannot be sever'd; we are one, one flesh; to lose thee were to lose myself.
— John Milton
Christ has taken our nature into heaven to represent us, and has left us on earth with his nature to represent him.
— John Newton
I am disappointed with myself. I am disappointed not so much with the particular things I have done as with the aspects of who I have become. I have a nagging sense that all is not as it should be.
— John Ortberg
When asked to identify what the law is about, Jesus' response was simply "Love God, love people." He named a fundamentally different way of identifying who are the children of God: "Do they love God, and do they love the people who mean so much to him?
— John Ortberg
We are all worms. But I do believe that I am a glowworm. WINSTON CHURCHILL
— John Ortberg
The choices we make within the boundaries of the twists of fate determines who we are
— John Perkins
What defines us as Christians is not most profoundly that we have come to know him but that he took note of us and made us his own.
— John Piper
We are more than a collection of appetites - we are of God.
— John Piper
To make them feel good about themselves when they were made to feel good about seeing God is like taking someone to the Alps and locking them in a room full of mirrors.
— John Piper
We may think we are centering our lives on God when we are really making Him a means to self-esteem.
— John Piper
Authenticity begins when you start by admitting that you are inauthentic.
— John Piper
Thinking that our work will glorify God when people do not know we are Christians is like admiring an effective ad on TV that never mentions the product. People may be impressed but won't know what to buy.
— John Piper