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.
JOHN ELDREDGEWhat 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.
More John Eldredge Quotes
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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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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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You can’t fight a battle you don’t think exists.
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A man’s calling is written on his true heart, and he discovers it when he enters the frontier of his deep desires.
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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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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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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 wound that goes unacknowledged and unwept is a wound that cannot heal.
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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 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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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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You live in a world at war. Spiritual attack must be a category you think in or you will misunderstand more than half of what happens in your marriage.
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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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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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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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