Quotes about Authenticity

Jesus is his name. There's no point in pretending that his name is Herbert.

It's not true that I had nothing on. I had the radio on.

J. C. Ryle said, There is a common, worldly kind of Christianity in this day, which many have, and think they have enough - a cheap Christianity which offends nobody, and requires no sacrifice - which costs nothing, and is worth nothing.3

Truth must be sought at all costs, but separate isolated truths will not do. Truth is like life; it has to be taken on its entirety or not at all. . . . We must welcome truth even if it reproaches and inconveniences us -- even if it appears in the place where we thought it could not be found.

But there was no substitute for reality; one should beware of imitations.

Judge me by my deeds, though they are few, rather than my words, though they are many.

The best way of successfully acting a part is to be it.

The key thing about life is to be true to a set of beliefs. And to be genuine.

Your actions speak so loudly, I cannot hear what you are saying.

If you want to have a life that is worth living, a life that expresses your deepest feelings and emotions and cares and dreams, you have to fight for it.

So much of what comes out of the faith community seems so dour and somber, and we want to say, 'Hey, we're real people. You can be a person of faith and really enjoy life and laugh.'

O, how easy it is to do religious things if other people are watching! Preaching, praying, attending church, reading the bible, acts of kindness and charity-they all take on a certain pleasantness of the ego if we know that others will find out about them and think well of us. It is a deadly addiction for esteem that we have.