Quotes about Authenticity

Sometime in my ministry, I am going to gather up enough courage to have a testimony time where the only thing we'll share is our failures.

Jesus doesn't ask us blindly to believe; He invites us to believe Him. The ineffable, transcendent God became a material, flesh-and-blood human to give us all the evidence we need. And to claim that abundance, all we must do is trust Jesus—trust His words and trust the authenticity of His gift.

If you've ever had a friend who cares enough about you to get down in the dirt and roll around, to cry and laugh and shovel the manure of life, you'll know how I felt when Ruthie leaned forward. I still get shivers thinking about her words and how true they were. How true they are.

A lot of people say I am different from other actors and actresses because I don't mix around with a lot of filmy crowd.

I would like to be called an inspiration to people, not a role model - because I make mistakes like everybody else. When I'm offstage, I'm just like everybody else.

My integrity means more to me than any fame or money. When I say something, I want people to take it to the bank that I mean it and believe in it.

Probably the No. 1 most important thing in my music is not to sound like anyone else. It is hard in this day and age.

The theology you live out is much more important to your daily life than the theology you claim to believe.

I want to feel what I feel. What's mine. Even if it's not happiness, whatever that means. Because you're all you've got.

Don't let anybody, anybody convince you this is the way the world is and therefore must be. It must be the way it ought to be.

Be real. Tell the truth. God can handle it.

Any man who has to wear another man's name on the back of his shirt may need to ask himself how he views his own manhood.