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.
JOHN ELDREDGEBut a wound unfelt is a wound unhealed.
More John Eldredge Quotes
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Security is not found in the absence of danger, but in the presence of Jesus.
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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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I don’t write anything that I haven’t lived. In terms of integrity, you have to write what you live. And if you write beyond what you live, it is theory. And theory is not helpful. It is just not.
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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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A true knowledge of Jesus is our greatest need and our greatest happiness.
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The real you is on the side of God against the false self.
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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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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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We don’t see clearly because we don’t see with the eyes of our heart.
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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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Falling in love with God is the most important thing a person can do.
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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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My heart matters to God. My heart has always mattered to him.
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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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Instead of asking, ‘What should a woman do – what is her role?’ it would be far more helpful to ask, ‘What is a woman—what is her design?’ and, ‘Why did God place Woman in our midst?
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