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title: "4 Rescue Quotes By John Eldredge"
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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-eldredge/men-want-a-battle-to-fight-an-adventure-to-live-and-a-beauty-to/)

[John Eldredge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-eldredge/)

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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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-eldredge/deep-in-his-heart-every-man-longs-for-a-battle-to-fight-an-adventure/)

[John Eldredge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-eldredge/)

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> [Truth be told, most of us are faking our way through life. We pick only those battles we are sure to win,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-eldredge/truth-be-told-most-of-us-are-faking-our-way-through-life-we-pick-only/)

[John Eldredge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-eldredge/)

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> [It was men who stopped slavery. It was men who ran up the stairs in the Twin Towers to rescue people. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-eldredge/it-was-men-who-stopped-slavery-it-was-men-who-ran-up-the-stairs-in/)

[John Eldredge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-eldredge/)

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## Other authors on Rescue

## More by John Eldredge

> [To find God, you must look with all your heart. To remain present to God, you must remain present to your heart. To hear…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-eldredge/to-find-god-you-must-look-with-all-your-heart-to-remain-present-to/)

[John Eldredge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-eldredge/)

> [ “There is a satisfaction we don't want to come to until we come to it in God…\[Disappointments\] serve to remind us every day that… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-eldredge/there-is-a-satisfaction-we-don-t-want-to-come-to-until-we-come-to-it/)

[John Eldredge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-eldredge/)

> [The early Celtic Christians called the Holy Spirit 'the wild goose.' And the reason why is they knew that you cannot tame him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-eldredge/the-early-celtic-christians-called-the-holy-spirit-the-wild-goose-and/)

[John Eldredge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-eldredge/)

> [The real you is on the side of God against the false self](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-eldredge/the-real-you-is-on-the-side-of-god-against-the-false-self/)

[John Eldredge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-eldredge/)

> [“The authors challenge that the marriage in which one cannot express disappointment has become an idol – The Thing that Cannot Be Questioned.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-eldredge/the-authors-challenge-that-the-marriage-in-which-one-cannot-express/)

[John Eldredge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-eldredge/)

> [A man's calling is written on his true heart, and he discovers it when he enters the frontier of his deep desires.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-eldredge/a-man-s-calling-is-written-on-his-true-heart-and-he-discovers-it-when/)

[John Eldredge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-eldredge/)

> [In the end, it doesn’t matter how well we have performed or what we have accomplished—a life without heart is not worth living.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-eldredge/in-the-end-it-doesn-t-matter-how-well-we-have-performed-or-what-we/)

[John Eldredge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-eldredge/)

> [Whatever their age, most men have never received true fathering.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-eldredge/whatever-their-age-most-men-have-never-received-true-fathering/)

[John Eldredge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-eldredge/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-eldredge/i-m-married-i-have-three-children-i-have-a-mortgage-to-pay-the/)

[John Eldredge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-eldredge/)

> [“He is on a mission to rescue a people who are so utterly deceived most of them don’t even want to be rescued.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-eldredge/he-is-on-a-mission-to-rescue-a-people-who-are-so-utterly-deceived/)

[John Eldredge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-eldredge/)

> [“Something has gone wrong in us, very wrong indeed. So wrong that we have to be told that joy is found not in having…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-eldredge/something-has-gone-wrong-in-us-very-wrong-indeed-so-wrong-that-we/)

[John Eldredge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-eldredge/)

> [“We don’t need accountability groups; we need fellow warriors, someone to fight alongside, someone to watch our back.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-eldredge/we-don-t-need-accountability-groups-we-need-fellow-warriors-someone/)

[John Eldredge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-eldredge/)

> [We don't see clearly because we don't see with the eyes of our heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-eldredge/we-don-t-see-clearly-because-we-don-t-see-with-the-eyes-of-our-heart/)

[John Eldredge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-eldredge/)

> [The story of your life is the story of the long and brutal assault on your heart by the one who knows what you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-eldredge/the-story-of-your-life-is-the-story-of-the-long-and-brutal-assault-on/)

[John Eldredge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-eldredge/)

> [I have a call to speak, to write, to do sort of deep-heart surgery in people's lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-eldredge/i-have-a-call-to-speak-to-write-to-do-sort-of-deep-heart-surgery-in/)

[John Eldredge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-eldredge/)

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