Quotes About Authenticity

But what the fuck ... ever gave you the idea that Locke was the first name I was actually born with?

Quit being so hard on yourself. We are what we are; we love what we love. We don't need to justify it to anyone . . . not even to ourselves.

That's that. Put it in your hat and wear it to town, Locke. We need to face our shortcomings head on. The old saying for a gang is, ''Lies go out, but the truth stays home''.

If you just write the kinds of stories you think others will want to read, you'll be competing with cartoonists who are far more enthusiastic for that kind of comic than you are, and they'll kick your ass every time.

You must be true to yourself—however, if you have a dozen editors tell you that something is a cliché, trite, or overdone, it probably is, and you need to step back and take a look at your work.

Success isn't found in the eyes of others: buying things you don't need, with money you don't have, to impress people you won't know in 20 years' time.

I made it clear to the world that what Jade and I had found in each other was more real than any other world, more real than time, more real than death, more real, even, than she and I.

The Christian community latched onto a lot of my music, because there were a lot of things about my struggle they related to. But I didn't really want to come out and be identified as a Christian, because I didn't want to be a hypocrite, because my life wasn't right.

You have an honest way of writing, especially your first book. It's genuine. That may not seem like the most thrilling compliment, but a voice like yours—a real voice—is rare these days.

I'm not really cool, or dashing, or any of those things.

Making an album should be an honest experience. It shouldn't be about trying to gauge where popular music is today it should be about artistic expression and putting down what you want to put down.

We're not freaks, Tally. We're normal. We may not be gorgeous, but at least we're not hyped-up Barbie dolls.

I guess sometimes you have to lie to find the truth.

The secrets of their hearts are laid bare. So they will fall down and worship God, exclaiming, "God is really among you!" (1 Cor. 14:25 NIV)

And the man and his wife were both naked and were unashamed. (Gen. 2:25)

Why not us, Jesus, and why not now? We're tired of playing church. We're bored with ourselves. Magnify your name in our midst and in this hour. We pray in your most majestic and merciful name. Amen.

All the world's a stage and most of us are desperately unrehearsed.

All of us would like to have been born Infallible, but since we knew we weren't, It's better to attend to those who speak In honesty and good faith, and learn from them.

You can't just pluck your honour off a bush You didn't plant.

Style is the thing that's always a bit phony, and at the same time you cannot write without style.

I'm a straight shooter, and most of the time my ego doesn't interrupt my relationships.

Spending time in a church does not make you religious, any more than spending time in a garage makes you a car.

But sadly, one of the problems with being on public radio is that people tend to think you're being sincere all the time.

When the time comes I will go joyfully. Whatever may be there, it will be real, without complication, without ridicule, without deception.