Caring for our own hearts isn’t selfishness; it’s how we begin to love.
JOHN ELDREDGEA man does not go to a woman to get his strength; he goes to her to offer it.
More John Eldredge Quotes
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Every man is a warrior inside. But the choice to fight is his own.
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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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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.
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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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Desire, both the whispers and the shouts, is the map we have been given to find the only life worth living.
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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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A man does not go to a woman to get his strength; he goes to her to offer it.
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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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A true knowledge of Jesus is our greatest need and our greatest happiness.
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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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Security is not found in the absence of danger, but in the presence of Jesus.
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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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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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You can’t fight a battle you don’t think exists.
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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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