Bill Johnson Quotes

I don't care where the Cure is placed in the pantheon of rock. I don't care if we're perceived as relevant. We're never worried how we fit in. I don't even want to fit in.

It's funny; we never had anything like credibility. Even though we all have some sort of punk-rock background, but so what? I really don't care about that. What's credibility anyway? Who has credibility?

You can't fool the mirror-what you see is what you are.

You know, then that the public Somebody you are when you 'have a name' is a fiction created with mirrors and that the only somebody worth being is the solitary and unseen you that existed from your first breath

You have to self-reflect. If you forget who you actually are, then what's the use of even looking in the mirror.

Don't be imitators. The mind is an imitator, because it is easier to play the game of imitation than to become authentically true. Many ideas have been given to you: become like a Buddha, become like Jesus. become like Krishna - as if you have to become everybody else EXCEPT yourself. As if God is only against you. He's for Krishna, for Christ, for Mahavir, for Buddha - only against you. Then why does He create you? Then He seems simply foolish. Why does He go on creating you? If He's interested in Buddha, Hc can create Buddhas. Why you?

God will help you be all you can be, but he will never let you be successful at becoming someone else.

I'm one in what I do and what I say and what I believe.

Integrity simply means a willingness not to violate one's identity, in the many ways in which such violation is possible.

Who you are authentically is alright.

When you don't show up as who you are, people fall in love with who you're not. Then when they find out who you are, that's when they leave.

The real challenge is not simply to survive. Hell, anyone can do that. It’s to survive as yourself, undiminished.

Your real, new self (which is Christ's and also yours, and yours just because it is His) will not come as long as you are looking for it. It will come when you are looking for Him.

They're not prosthetics. They're my bones. They come out when I’m inspired. They've always been inside of me, but I have been waiting for the right time to reveal to the universe who I truly am.

You cannot borrow half of who you are from someone else, yet people try to do it all of the time, they just call it a relationship!

You know a man can play the part of a saint just so long for a day comes when his true, his true self unfolds.

To get at the truth of your calling, you have to crack open that false self and see what lies within.

If you're an actor, always be true to your character. If you are not an actor, have character and always be true to yourself.

You are not defined by your possessions, looks, or popularity. You are made in God's image.

There is no paycheck that can equal the feeling of contentment that comes from being the person you are meant to be.

One thing nobody can do better than you is be you.

You've always made the mistake of being yourself.

I tried to be someone else, but nothing seemed to change. I know now, this is who I really am inside. I've finally found myself, fighting for a chance. I know now, this is who I really am.

Be your authentic self. Your authentic self is who you are when you have no fear of judgment, or before the world starts pushing you around and telling you who you're supposed to be. Your fictional self is who you are when you have a social mask on to please everyone else. Give yourself permission to be your authentic self.

You are constantly invited to be what you are.