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.
JOHN ELDREDGEDeep in his heart, every man longs for a battle to fight, an adventure to live, and a beauty to rescue.
More John Eldredge Quotes
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Most of what you encounter when you meet a man is a facade, an elaborate fig leaf, a brilliant disguise.
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Adventure, with all its requisite danger and wildness, is a deeply spiritual longing written into the soul of man.
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Worship is the act of the abandoned heart adoring its God.
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Without the anticipation of better things ahead, we will have no heart for the journey.
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It takes great courage to be vulnerable. It takes enormous strength to be a real woman.
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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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Security is not found in the absence of danger, but in the presence of Jesus.
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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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Every man is a warrior inside. But the choice to fight is his own.
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A wound that goes unacknowledged and unwept is a wound that cannot heal.
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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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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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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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There is something about human nature that just doesn’t want to face the reality that we live in two worlds. We live in the physical, material world where we have jobs, read books, and go about our business. And we live in a spiritual world – and that is a world at war.
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Caring for our own hearts isn’t selfishness; it’s how we begin to love.
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