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 ELDREDGEGod endowed you with a glory when he created you, a glory so deep and mythic that all creation pales in comparison.
More John Eldredge Quotes
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If a man is ever to find out who he is and what he is here for, he has got to take that journey for himself. He has got to get his heart back.
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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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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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We don’t see clearly because we don’t see with the eyes of our heart.
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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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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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It is the thoughts and intents of the heart that shape a person’s life.
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There is something else I am after, out here in the wild. I am searching for an even more elusive prey, something that can only be found through the help of wilderness. I am looking for my heart.
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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 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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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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What 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.
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Caring for our own hearts isn’t selfishness; it’s how we begin to love.
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The real you is on the side of God against the false self.
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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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