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.
JOHN ELDREDGEIt 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.
More John Eldredge Quotes
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A man does not go to a woman to get his strength; he goes to her to offer it.
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A true knowledge of Jesus is our greatest need and our greatest happiness.
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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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What strikes me about Jesus is that he is a remarkably true person; he never changes his personality to fit in with whatever crowd he finds himself. He is simply himself, and he never plays to his audience.
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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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Eternal life is not primarily duration but quality of life, “life to the limit.
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We are not inviting—we are guarded. Most of our energy is spent trying to hide our true selves, and control our worlds to have some sense of security.
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Story is the language of the heart.
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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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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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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 takes great courage to be vulnerable. It takes enormous strength to be a real woman.
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We don’t see clearly because we don’t see with the eyes of our heart.
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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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