Quotes About Authenticity

God makes originals not carbon copies. It's okay to be inspired by someone, but be bold enough to be yourself.

In the end, worship can never be a performance, something you're pretending or putting on. It's got to be an overflow of your heart...Worship is about getting personal with God, drawing close to God.

Do I worship God or what other people think of me?

God made me the way I am and I accept myself. I am who I am and I'm proud of myself.

There are three persons living in each of us: the one we think we are, the one other people think we are, and the one God knows we are!

The more conscious of God's presence the more I feel like being myself, the less conscious of His presence, the more I feel I need to prove myself.

I don't even like old cars. I'd rather have a goddam horse. A horse is at least human, for God's sake.

Our missionary activities are only authentic insofar as they reflect participation in the mission of God.

If a Work of God does NOT Continue, it was NEVER a Work of God.

We even refuse to be our true self with God- and then wonder why we lack intimacy with him.

I guess a lot of people think that a girl who shows her bosom and wears tight dresses can't be close to God. God has always been close to me. Only He knew what was in my heart.

Genuine brokenness pleases God more than pretend spirituality.

If you profess to be a Christian, yet find full satisfaction in worldly pleasures and pursuits, your profession is false.

If you are weary of some sleepy form of devotion, probably God is as weary of it as you are.

God cannot bless who you pretend to be

I'm beautiful in my way 'cause God makes no mistakes. I'm on the right track baby, I was born this way.

God is never impressed with what a man can do. He is more concerned with what a man is.

The closer you get to God, the more you become yourself.

Quit worrying about what other people think and just be who God made you to be. If you will run your race, God will take care of your critics.

Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect. Be true to your own mind and conscience, your heart and your soul. So only can you be true to God.

If I don't believe the Word of God, why should you believe it? If we don't believe it, why should the world believe us?

God made me the way that I am and it's my business to be true to that.

I remember my manager telling me, 'Be myself, be humble, keep rooted, keep God first'. Those words were very helpful.

Our prayers are heard by God not according to what we try to be when we pray, but who we are when we are not praying