A man does not go to a woman to get his strength; he goes to her to offer it.
JOHN ELDREDGEWithout the anticipation of better things ahead, we will have no heart for the journey.
More John Eldredge Quotes
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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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The most dangerous man on earth is the man who has reckoned with his own death. All men die; few men ever really live.
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The real you is on the side of God against the false self.
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To be in theater you have to be a kind of psychologist, for you’re always trying to understand character and motives.
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You would not ask someone with a broken arm to swim the English Channel, so you cannot demand that the broken to live as if they were whole.
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Deep in his heart, every man longs for a battle to fight, an adventure to live, and a beauty to rescue.
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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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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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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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Eternal life is not primarily duration but quality of life, “life to the limit.
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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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Without the anticipation of better things ahead, we will have no heart for the journey.
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When a woman forsakes her vulnerability because she’s been hurt or because she lives in a dangerous world or doesn’t want to be used, she loses something essential about being a woman.
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Security is not found in the absence of danger, but in the presence of Jesus.
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Faith looks back and draws courage; hope looks ahead, and keeps desire alive.
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