They ignore what is deep and true to a man’s heart, his real passions, and simply try to shape him up through various forms of pressure.
JOHN ELDREDGEEvery man is a warrior inside. But the choice to fight is his own.
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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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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If only Jesus’ followers shared his personality. That one shift alone would correct so many of the ridiculous and horrifying things that pass for popular Christianity.
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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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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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Every man carries a wound. I have never met a man without one. No matter how good your life may have seemed to you, you live in a broken world full of broken people.
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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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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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Security is not found in the absence of danger, but in the presence of Jesus.
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Without the anticipation of better things ahead, we will have no heart for the journey.
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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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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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But a wound unfelt is a wound unhealed.
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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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A true knowledge of Jesus is our greatest need and our greatest happiness.
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