For after years of living in a cage, a lion no longer even believes it is a lion, and a man no longer believes he is a man.
JOHN ELDREDGEWe 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.
More John Eldredge Quotes
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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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A wound that goes unacknowledged and unwept is a wound that cannot heal.
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You can’t fight a battle you don’t think exists.
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It is the thoughts and intents of the heart that shape a person’s life.
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Without the anticipation of better things ahead, we will have no heart for the journey.
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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 story of your life is the story of the long and brutal assault on your heart by the one who knows what you could be and fears it.
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Am I really a man? Have I got what it takeswhen it counts?
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Every man is a warrior inside. But the choice to fight is his own.
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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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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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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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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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Story is the language of the heart.
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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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