I wasn’t mean; I wasn’t evil. I was nice. And let me tell you, a hesitant man is the last thing in the world a woman needs. She needs a lover and a warrior, not a Really Nice Guy.
JOHN ELDREDGE
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.
More John Eldredge Quotes
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I wasn’t mean; I wasn’t evil. I was nice. And let me tell you, a hesitant man is the last thing in the world a woman needs. She needs a lover and a warrior, not a Really Nice Guy.
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The real you is on the side of God against the false self.
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I’m married. I have three children. I have a mortgage to pay. The plumbing breaks and the yard needs trimming. However, what my wife and children need most from me is my passion for them.
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The point is the love story. We live in a love story in the midst of war.
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Henri Nouwen once asked Mother Teresa for spiritual direction. Spend one hour each day in adoration of your Lord, she said, and never do anything you know is wrong. Follow this and you’ll be fine.
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I don’t write anything that I haven’t lived. In terms of integrity, you have to write what you live. And if you write beyond what you live, it is theory. And theory is not helpful. It is just not.
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Christianity has basically communicated to men that the reason God put you on this Earth is to be a good boy. Mind your manners, be a nice guy. That’s soul killing!
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Story is the language of the heart.
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God endowed you with a glory when he created you, a glory so deep and mythic that all creation pales in comparison.
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Every man is a warrior inside. But the choice to fight is his own.
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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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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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Every man carries a wound. I have never met a man without one. No matter how good your life may have seemed to you, you live in a broken world full of broken people.
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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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Eve is a life giver; she is Adam’s ally. It is to both of them that the charter for adventure is given. It will take both of them to sustain life. And they will both need to fight together.
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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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