Deep in his heart, every man longs for a battle to fight, an adventure to live, and a beauty to rescue.
JOHN ELDREDGEI’m married. I have three children. I have a mortgage to pay. The plumbing breaks and the yard needs trimming. However, what my wife and children need most from me is my passion for them.
More John Eldredge Quotes
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I’m married. I have three children. I have a mortgage to pay. The plumbing breaks and the yard needs trimming. However, what my wife and children need most from me is my passion for them.
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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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Worship is the act of the abandoned heart adoring its God.
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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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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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Every man is a warrior inside. But the choice to fight is his own.
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We don’t live in the Garden. We live far from Eden. Every life is full of heartaches. Every life, frankly, is unspeakably sad.
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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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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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Falling in love with God is the most important thing a person can do.
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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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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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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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The real you is on the side of God against the false self.
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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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