For after years of living in a cage, a lion no longer even believes it is a lion, and a man no longer believes he is a man.
JOHN ELDREDGESo long as man remains no real threat to the Enemy, Satan’s line to him is ‘You’re fine’. But after you do take sides, it becomes ‘Your heart is bad and you know it’.
More John Eldredge Quotes
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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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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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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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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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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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Caring for our own hearts isn’t selfishness; it’s how we begin to love.
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Desire reveals design, and design reveals destiny.
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Faith looks back and draws courage; hope looks ahead, and keeps desire alive.
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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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A man does not go to a woman to get his strength; he goes to her to offer it.
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If a man is ever to find out who he is and what he is here for, he has got to take that journey for himself. He has got to get his heart back.
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Falling in love with God is the most important thing a person can do.
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We think you’ll find that every woman in her heart of hearts longs for three things: to be romanced, to play an irreplaceable role in a great adventure, and to unveil beauty. That’s what makes a woman come alive.
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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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