“We need to know who we are and if we have what it takes. If we can reawaken that fierce quality in a man, hook it up to a higher purpose, release the warrior within, then the boy can grow up and become truly masculine.” “A man needs a battle to fight he needs a place for the warrior in him to come alive and be honored, trained, seasoned. “Masculinity is an essence that is hard to articulate but that a boy naturally craves as he craves food and water.” But whose idea was Hawaii, the Bahamas, and Tuscany?” Lovers and honeymooners choose places like Hawaii, the Bahamas, or Tuscany as a backdrop for their olve. We simply discovered what he had already thought of.

“Music, win, poetry, sunsets…those were his inventions, not ours. And this doesn’t end with age the stakes simply get higher.” Get to the top of the highest run, point your skis straight downhill and go, the faster the better. “The recipe for fun is pretty simple raising boys: add to any activity an element of danger, stir in a little exploration, add a dash of destruction, and you’ve got yourself a winner.

But God’s design–which he placed in boys as the picture of himself–is a resounding yes.

“Don’t climb on that, don’t break anything, don’t be so aggressive, don’t be so noisy, don’t be so messy, don’t make such crazy risks.

But the answers to his deepest questions are not to be found on television or in the refrigerator.” Who am I? What am I made of? What am I destined for? It is fear that keeps a man at home where things are neat and orderly and under his control. “Deep in man’s heart are some fundamental questions that simply cannot be answered at the kitchen table. “One of the things he was NEVER NEVER allowed to do, the most exciting of them all, was to go out through the garden gate all by himself and explore the world beyond.” Here are some interesting quotes from “ Wild at Heart” As an FYI: I don’t necessarily agree with all of the ideas and sentiments.

John eldredge wild at heart quotes