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.
JOHN ELDREDGEThere 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.
More John Eldredge Quotes
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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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Eternal life is not primarily duration but quality of life, “life to the limit.
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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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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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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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We are created for adventure, and if we cannot find one, we start blowing things out of proportion so it feels like we have one.
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Christianity has basically communicated to men that the reason God put you on this Earth is to be a good boy. Mind your manners, be a nice guy. That’s soul killing!
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It was men who stopped slavery. It was men who ran up the stairs in the Twin Towers to rescue people. It was men who gave up their seats on the lifeboats of the Titanic. Men are made to take risks and live passionately on behalf of others.
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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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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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It is the thoughts and intents of the heart that shape a person’s life.
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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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Without the anticipation of better things ahead, we will have no heart for the journey.
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Faith looks back and draws courage; hope looks ahead, and keeps desire alive.
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