A man must have a battle to fight, a great mission to his life that involves and yet transcends even home and family.
JOHN ELDREDGEWithout the anticipation of better things ahead, we will have no heart for the journey.
More John Eldredge Quotes
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They ignore what is deep and true to a man’s heart, his real passions, and simply try to shape him up through various forms of pressure.
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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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Most of what you encounter when you meet a man is a facade, an elaborate fig leaf, a brilliant disguise.
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Adventure, with all its requisite danger and wildness, is a deeply spiritual longing written into the soul of man.
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It is the thoughts and intents of the heart that shape a person’s life.
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The true story of every person in this world is not the story you see, the external story. The true story of each person is the journey of his or her heart.
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You can’t fight a battle you don’t think exists.
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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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There is something about human nature that just doesn’t want to face the reality that we live in two worlds. We live in the physical, material world where we have jobs, read books, and go about our business. And we live in a spiritual world – and that is a world at war.
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Story is the language of the heart.
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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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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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We don’t see clearly because we don’t see with the eyes of our heart.
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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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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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