Quotes about Authenticity

When someone is themselves through their music, it's soul music. James Taylor is soul music to me 'cause it's just him talking about him. It doesn't have anything to do with black or growing up in the church; it's where it comes from. It's just soul music.

Your job is not just to do what your parents say, what your teachers say, what society says, but to figure out what your heart calling is and to be led by that.

Like Jesus, we must make the decision that we will never alter, amend, compromise, dilute, or mitigate truth to make our listeners more comfortable or to gain a following.

these leaders were promoting was a twisted version of truth. It was error packaged with elements of truth and then stealthily posed to believers in the guise of authenticity to make it more appetizing.

that corrupted version is presented as something improved or enhanced — when, in fact, it is a "perverted" adaptation of what was originally intended.

A pretentious, showy life is an empty life; a plain and simple life is a full life.

If you try to please everyone you'll please no one.

Cherish the friend who tells you a harsh truth, wanting ten times more to tell you a loving lie.

Present yourself always As who you would be, And that is the person The world will see.

All your life you pretend to be someone else, and it turns out that you were someone else pretending to be you.

Why try to be someone you're not? Life is hard enough without adding impersonation to the skills required.

What an important lesson for all of us! The words that come out of our mouths are a direct indicator of what is in our hearts. Idle