A man does not go to a woman to get his strength; he goes to her to offer it.
JOHN ELDREDGEIf 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.
More John Eldredge Quotes
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Truth be told, most of us are faking our way through life. We pick only those battles we are sure to win, only those adventures we are sure to handle, only those beauties we are sure to rescue.
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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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Caring for our own hearts isn’t selfishness; it’s how we begin to love.
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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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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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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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The point is the love story. We live in a love story in the midst of war.
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There is something about human nature that just doesn’t want to face the reality that we live in two worlds. We live in the physical, material world where we have jobs, read books, and go about our business. And we live in a spiritual world – and that is a world at war.
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The meaning of our lives is revealed through experiences that at first seem at odds with each other–moments we wish would never end and moments we wish had never begun.
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Every man is a warrior inside. But the choice to fight is his own.
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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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Falling in love with God is the most important thing a person can do.
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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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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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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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