Eternal life is not primarily duration but quality of life, “life to the limit.
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 true knowledge of Jesus is our greatest need and our greatest happiness.
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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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A man must have a battle to fight, a great mission to his life that involves and yet transcends even home and family.
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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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She is the crescendo, the final, astonishing work of God. Woman. In one last flourish creation comes to a finish with Eve. She is the Master’s finishing touch.
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A man needs a much bigger orbit than a woman. He needs a mission, a life purpose, and he needs to know his name. Only then is he fit for a woman, for only then does he have something to invite her into.
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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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Without the anticipation of better things ahead, we will have no heart for the journey.
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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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Desire, both the whispers and the shouts, is the map we have been given to find the only life worth living.
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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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Story is the language of the heart.
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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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You can’t fight a battle you don’t think exists.
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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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