Quotes about Identity
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
We do not know ourselves aright, Until we have the Father's light. We think we know ourselves and groan, Until we know as we are known
— John Piper
When you are the majority ethnicity, nothing you do is ethnic. It's just the way it's done. When you are a minority, everything you do has color.
— John Piper
What you love determines what you feel shame about. If you love for men to make much of you, you will feel shame when they don't. But if you love for men to make much of Christ, then you will feel shame if he is belittled on your account.
— John Piper
We weren't meant to be somebody--we were meant to know Somebody
— John Piper
I went to America to convert the Indians; but oh! who shall convert me?
— John Wesley
What you are as a person is far more important that what you are as a basketball player.
— John Wooden
Material possessions, winning scores, and great reputations are meaningless in the eyes of the Lord, because He knows what we really are and that is all that matters.
— John Wooden
It's worth pointing out that Renate didn't just marry a gay drug addict. That would have been bad enough. But she married a gay drug addict whose life was about to go haywire in ways he hadn't previously thought possible.
— Elton John