John Eldredge Quotes

To be in theater you have to be a kind of psychologist, for you’re always trying to understand character and motives.

Most of what you encounter when you meet a man is a facade, an elaborate fig leaf, a brilliant disguise.

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.

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.

Falling in love with God is the most important thing a person can do.

Without the anticipation of better things ahead, we will have no heart for the journey.

The real you is on the side of God against the false self.