John Eldredge Quotes

Truth be told, most of us are faking our way through life. We pick only those battles we are sure to win, only those adventures we are sure to handle, only those beauties we are sure to rescue.

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.

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

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.

Contentment can only happen as we increase desire, let it run itself out towar its fulfilment, and carry us along with it.

Mary had Joseph. Esther had Mordecai. Ruth had Boaz. We will not become the women God intends us to be without the guidance, counsel, wisdom, strength, and love of good men in our lives.

My heart matters to God. My heart has always mattered to him.

Reading the Gospels, without the personality of Jesus, is like watching television with the sound turned off.

Am I really a man? Have I got what it takeswhen it counts?

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!

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?

One of the great wonders of Christianity is that you were born into your times, to set your times aright.

Most of our addictions [shopping, food, bad relationships] as women flare up when we feel that we are not loved or sought after.

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

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.

Just like sunshine affects others, when the life of Jesus invades your life, you become a loving person. The effect on others is amazing.

Most men wait to move until victory is guaranteed.

There is no greater place for damage (than marriage) because there is no greater place for glory.

For what shall we do when we wake one day to find we have lost touch with our heart and with it the very refuge where God’s presence resides? a

The years have simply reconciled us to the fact that we are all here for the transformation.

It takes courage to seek God, and courage to wait for His reply.

You will find it hard to hear from God until you let go your rights and your agenda.

A woman in her glory, a woman of beauty, is a woman who is not striving to become beautiful or worthy or enough.

Sometimes the idea of living as a hermit appeals to all of us. No demands, no needs, no pain, no disappointments. But that is because we have been hurt, are worn out.

The intellectual support for UNBELIEF is about as stable as the stock market.

Our hope is that all is well because of Jesus and that all will be well because of Him.

The balancing act we parents attempt is convincing our children: 1. You are loved more than you can imagine. 2. The world does not revolve around you.

Wouldn't it help you to realize that you really do live in an epic if your life had a soundtrack?

We forgive those who harmed us. And then, with an open heart, we simply as Jesus to heal us.

Hope is a fruit of proven character.