Story is the language of the heart.
JOHN ELDREDGEInstead 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?
More John Eldredge Quotes
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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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We don’t see clearly because we don’t see with the eyes of our heart.
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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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Caring for our own hearts isn’t selfishness; it’s how we begin to love.
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Contentment can only happen as we increase desire, let it run itself out towar its fulfilment, and carry us along with it.
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Eternal life is not primarily duration but quality of life, “life to the limit.
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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.
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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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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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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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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.
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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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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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The point is the love story. We live in a love story in the midst of war.
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