217 Quotes by Jon Foreman

The life, when we're aware of beauty, is kind of a bittersweet thing, it's a transient reminder of eternal beauty, which someday we will be face to face with.

Most of the time a spark of beauty or truth will start a fire of a song but fires rarely produce goodness on their own ... you need to control them and put them to work.

What you do with your life is ascribing more to what you invest your time in. If you spend a lot of time on your phone, you're ascribing more worship to that. Anything can become, by that definition, some form of idol or deity or ultimate worth in your life.

I wanna be a part of the generation that throws out money, throws out time, throws out all that we are against something bigger than ourselves.

It’s a good thing my parents named me Jon because that’s what everyone calls me.

I feel like that's something the church has done really badly is actually confessing. We are sinners. We are broken, shattered people that do things selfishly, out of arrogance, pride, lust, greed. And all have fallen short. That doesn't mean some we're definitely a part of that inclusive all.

Hope is not something you can just place in your back pocket or put your fingers around – it’s the belief in a world that has yet to exist.

If we truly believe in an all-powerful God, then there's going to be beauty and truth to be found in all sorts of different places.

I look for places where there's no one out on the water. I'd rather surf a wave to myself than fight a crowd.