John Eldredge Quotes

Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and go do it. Because what the world needs is more people who have come alive

I want the joy of knowing that I am doing something with my life, the joy of battle.

When we are motivated by goals that have deep meaning, by dreams that need completion, by pure love that needs expressing, then we truly live.

Happiness comes only when we push our brains and hearts to the farthest reaches of which we are capable. The purpose of life is to matter-to count, to stand for something, to have it make so difference that we lived at all.

Ask yourself what makes you come alive.

If you asked somebody, 'what do you wish for in life?' they wouldn't say 'happiness.' I would have answered 'excitement, knowledge,' God knows - I mean, many, many different things, but certainly not 'happiness'. It seemed like a foreign concept to wish for something that specific and that singular.

Life: my favorite occupation.

The more you create authentic power, the more the characteristics of authentic power become yours, and the more meaning, purpose and joy enter your life.

It is only when I am doing my work that I feel truly alive.

The only thing that's important is that every day I'm waking and doing something that I really love to do.

Each of us must become impassioned, finding meaning and self-fulfillment in our own life's journey.

It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth living.

Passion is what adds so much value to life. And if you think about the things that you do, there's so much juice potential for them if you do it.

I want to do work of meaning that speaks to a greater depth of who I am.

In the end, it's about what you want to be, not what you want to have.

My life is existing. Cinema is certainly not my life

Enthusiasm gives life to what is invisible; and interest to what has no immediate action on our comfort in this world.

Many people know what they want to have, but have no idea of who they want to be. Getting 'things' simply will not fulfill you. Only living and doing what you believe is 'the right thing' will give you that sense of inner strength that we all deserve.

What empowerment is all about [is] finding something which infuses you with a sense of mission, with a passion for your life's work. I don't believe there is one path for women or one nature to fulfill. Real fulfillment, real empowerment is often different than we imagine and better than we plan.

Anything that does not bring you alive is too small for you.

If you can't get excited about living life, then what are you doing?

I choose to fill my days with what I'm passionate about, and live with purpose.

I want to live a full life - period.

But once I acclimated and really used fame for what it was offering me as a tool to serve my life purpose of inspiring and contributing, then it started to get fun again.

When I see people that are my age and reaching 50, the ones that are really sparkly and full of joy are the ones that are committed to something bigger than themselves.