Quotes by John Eldredge

About John Eldredge:

John Eldredge is an American author, counselor, and lecturer on Christianity. He is known for his bestselling book Wild at Heart.
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In the case of our fair maiden, we have overlooked two very crucial aspects to that myth. On the one hand, none of us ever really believed the sorcerer was real. We thought we could have the maiden without a fight. Honestly, most of us guys thought o...

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You can't fight a battle you don't think exists.

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Deep in his heart, every man longs for a battle to fight, an adventure to live, and a beauty to rescue.

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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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We're told that you can have a relationship with Jesus, but most Christians don't experience Jesus personally like that. They just don't. We honor Him. We respect Him. We worship Him. We don't experience Him and His personality like we do the people ...

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I started working at Focus on the Family doing debates and media and cultural studies.

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Men want a battle to fight, an adventure to live, and a beauty to rescue. That is what is written in their hearts. That is what little boys play at. That is what men's movies are about. You just see it. It is undeniable.

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A woman wants to be romanced. She wants to be an essential part of a great adventure; she wants a beauty to unveil. That is what little girls play at, and those are the movies women love and the stories that they love.

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It takes great courage to be vulnerable. It takes enormous strength to be a real woman.

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Where a man's strength and courage is tested most is in the way that he treats women - the way that he loves.

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It was only after 20 years of being dunked in the religious culture that I got caught up in 'religion.' I had no exposure to Christianity as a child. I was not raised in a Christian home. I became spiritually hungry in high school.

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There are a lot of good men out there who just need a little direction and leadership in order for them to offer what they have to young men and boys.

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We have a Father, and He cares about our internal world - issues of motive, issues of fear, issues of validation.

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

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Most of us live in a fog. It's like life is a movie we arrived to 20 minutes late. You know something important seems to be going on. But we can't figure out the story. We don't know what part we're supposed to play or what the plot is.

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We don't live in the Garden. We live far from Eden. Every life is full of heartaches. Every life, frankly, is unspeakably sad.

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When a woman forsakes her vulnerability because she's been hurt or because she lives in a dangerous world or doesn't want to be used, she loses something essential about being a woman.

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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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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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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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Author Bio

  • NameJohn Eldredge
  • DescriptionAmerican writer
  • BornJune 6, 1960
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionWriter; Psychotherapist