Quotes about Authenticity

Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.

There's something very important about films about black women and girls being made by black women. It's a reflection as opposed to an interpretation.

Jesus said, 'Greater things of these you shall do...' Become a peace builder, a bridge builder, not a destroyer, and the way you do that is through friendships and relationships, and through authentic character.

I've always been honest with my fans, and I want to keep that up because I feel they can see through the fakeness.

So whatever you want to do, just do it...Making a damn fool of yourself is absolutely essential.

I don't believe anyone who says love, love, love. It means self, self, self.

The reason God now calls kingdom people to remain separate from the ways of the kingdom-of-the-world is not to isolate them from their culture but to empower them to authentically serve their culture and ultimately win it over to allegiance to Jesus Christ. The reason we are not to be of the world is so we may be for the world.

In a community that gets life based on appearances, problems tend to be diagnosed in terms of how things appear.

Do I live as carelessly and worldly as unbelievers while professing to be a follower of Jesus? If so, I am exposing Christianity to ridicule and leading people to speak evil of the holy name by which I am called.

A safe fairyland is untrue to all worlds.

When you really need help, people will respond. Sincerity means dropping the image facade and showing a willingness to be vulnerable. Tell it the way it is, lumps and all. Don't worry if your presentation isn't perfect; ask from your heart. Keep it simple, and people will open up to you.