217 Quotes by Jon Foreman

I’m continually wrestling with the idea that there are certain things in this world that simply don’t fit. The idea that I have this longing for beauty and truth, and yet I’m also attracted to things that are very dark the lies that exist within me and outside of me.

If it doesn’t break your heart it isn’t love.

As far as when I’m writing a song, I think I’m writing first and foremost for myself.

Don’t be discouraged, but know that suffering produces perseverance, perseverance brings character, and character brings hope, and this is a hope which will not disappoint us.

I usually write from my own experience, and that’s definitely a true statement for me. I think having a song about desiring to live and wanting to get it right, which many of my songs do, often I have to clarify that I haven’t figured it out yet.

What do we really want to say to the world? Three main themes. The inability to find completion in our modern society, the inability to find completion within ourselves, and the new way to be human in what Christ offers us – His love and His perfect plan of redemption for us.

Grace? Undeserved kindness? Blessings? Whatever we call it, I’m pretty sure we get doses of luck more than we’ll ever know.

If you’re leaving your family behind, you better believe in what you’re singing.

Usually for me, the melodic structures come out in the water and the lyrical ideas could come from a book I’m reading.