Deep in his heart, every man longs for a battle to fight, an adventure to live, and a beauty to rescue.
JOHN ELDREDGEA man does not go to a woman to get his strength; he goes to her to offer it.
More John Eldredge Quotes
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The real you is on the side of God against the false self.
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Most of what you encounter when you meet a man is a facade, an elaborate fig leaf, a brilliant disguise.
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A man’s calling is written on his true heart, and he discovers it when he enters the frontier of his deep desires.
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Security is not found in the absence of danger, but in the presence of Jesus.
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Contentment can only happen as we increase desire, let it run itself out towar its fulfilment, and carry us along with it.
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In the end, it doesn’t matter how well we have performed or what we have accomplished—a life without heart is not worth living.
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We are created for adventure, and if we cannot find one, we start blowing things out of proportion so it feels like we have one.
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There is something else I am after, out here in the wild. I am searching for an even more elusive prey, something that can only be found through the help of wilderness. I am looking for my heart.
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The story of your life is the story of the long and brutal assault on your heart by the one who knows what you could be and fears it.
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It was men who stopped slavery. It was men who ran up the stairs in the Twin Towers to rescue people. It was men who gave up their seats on the lifeboats of the Titanic. Men are made to take risks and live passionately on behalf of others.
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Instead of asking, ‘What should a woman do – what is her role?’ it would be far more helpful to ask, ‘What is a woman—what is her design?’ and, ‘Why did God place Woman in our midst?
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Reading the Gospels, without the personality of Jesus, is like watching television with the sound turned off.
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Am I really a man? Have I got what it takeswhen it counts?
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If we can reawaken that fierce quality in a man, hook it up to a higher purpose, release the warrior within, then the boy can grow up and become truly masculine.
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Truth be told, most of us are faking our way through life. We pick only those battles we are sure to win, only those adventures we are sure to handle, only those beauties we are sure to rescue.
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