Explore Quotes by Jon Foreman

I use to think that the friction was a bad thing. Everything is to ease pain in our society; pain is very much the enemy. And I don't think that's true. Tension is a good thing. To be pulled tight: that's the only way you can make a proper noise on the guitar or violin.

If it doesn't break your heart it isn't love

The shadow proves the sunshine.

Being a creator of a song I get to take all these broken fragments of failure and chaos and weave together something beautiful and meaningful. Decay. Death. Pain. Fall. And if God is a songwriter then these fallen leaves of mine can be redeemed

There’s a time to be silent - to build up a reason to sing again.

In my opinion, the best way of showing someone the best way to live life is by living it.

IF YOU APPROACH THE WORLD WITH THE APRON OF A SERVANT,THEN YOU ARE ALLOWED TO GO PLACES THAT YOU CAN'T GO IF YOU APPROACH IT WITH THE CROWN OF A KING

If comparison is the thief of joy, then our culture is being robbed blind.

Switchfoot is a surfing term… To switch your feet means to take a new stance facing the opposite direction. It's about change and movement, a different way of approaching life and music.

Let me know that you hear me, let me know Your touch, let me know that You love me, and let that be enough

Please be slow to judge ‘brothers’ who have a different calling.

I do have an obligation, however, a debt that cannot be settled by my lyrical decisions. My life will be judged by my obedience, not my ability to confine my lyrics to this box or that.

Faith, hope, and love remain. But the greatest of these is love.

Eventually everything fails me, but when I look at the sunset or the sky, I'm reminded what it's like to be alive.

Every day of your life, you change the world. Absolutely, yes, we're out to change the world. I mean, you change it whether you like it or not. You wake up and you talk to the grocer. You either kick your dog or you pet him. There's a million decisions you have every day where you change the world.

Nothing stays together without a fight.

I look around and I know there's a lot in the world that I want to see changed - and I want to be a part of something bigger than myself. I want to see things change, in myself as much as in the world around me.

Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love another.

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.

There are tears that shine like a smile, sobbing like a sunrise for the truth.

The biggest problem facing our world today is a lack of hope and a lack of meaning. [It's] basically just a postmodern world in which there is no right or wrong, no better or worse.