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

— John Eldredge

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.

— John Eldredge

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

— John Eldredge

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.

— John Eldredge

Most men wait to move until victory is guaranteed.

— John Eldredge

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

— John Eldredge

Now yes, yes, creation sometimes screams a confusing message—fear, pain, grief. Fire burns, rivers flood, winds go hurricane, the earth shudders so hard it levels cities. But you must remember—this was not so in Eden. Mankind fell, surrendering this earth to the evil one. St. Paul says that creation groans for the day of its restoration (see Rom. 8:18–22), making it clear that everything is not as it was meant to be. People come to terrible conclusions when they assume this world is exactly as God intended. (An assumption that has wrought havoc in the sciences.) The earth is broken. Which only makes the beauty that does flow so generously that much more astounding. And reassuring.

— John Eldredge

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

— John Eldredge

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

— John Eldredge

Prayer is such an intimate act, a place of vulnerability. It is, hopefully, when we are our least guarded, our most honest selves. And this is good, of course; this is as it ought to be. When we come to God, we certainly want to come as honestly and openly as we can; we want to be our truest selves before him. Prayer lets us be in a place of need.

— John Eldredge