7 Men Quotes

“...we've gone all the way from foolishly accepting authority to foolishly rejecting all authority.”
― Eric Metaxas, 7 Men: And the Secret of Their Greatness

“But how can we tally what an achievement it was to endure what Jackie Robinson endured those first few years? It was an incalculable and heroic sacrifice that can never be reckoned or understood by any conventional standards. Robinson did what he agreed to do when he met that day with Branch Rickey, and he changed the game forever. It was a singular feat of such great moral strength that all athletic strength must pale in comparison. With God’s help, one man lifted up a whole people and pulled a whole nation into the future.”
― Eric Metaxas, Seven Men: And the Secret of Their Greatness

“So what is “heart”? It’s courage, but courage to do what? The courage to do the right thing when all else tells you not to do it. The courage to rise above your surroundings and circumstances. The courage to be God’s idea of a real man and to give of yourself for others when it costs you to do so and when everything tells you to look out for yourself first.”
― Eric Metaxas, Seven Men: And the Secret of Their Greatness

“If I know something to be true, am I prepared to follow it even though it is contrary to what I want[?]”
― Eric Metaxas, Seven Men: And the Secret of Their Greatness

“At its core, every battle worth fighting is a spiritual battle. Those men were able to succeed only because they humbled themselves and entrusted the battle to God. But”
― Eric Metaxas, Seven Men: And the Secret of Their Greatness

“So what is “heart”? It’s courage, but courage to do what? The courage to do the right thing when all else tells you not to do it.”
― Eric Metaxas, Seven Men: And the Secret of Their Greatness

“The knight in shining armor who does all he can to protect others, the gentleman who lays down his cloak or opens a door for a lady—these are Christian ideals of manliness. Jesus said that he who would lead must be the servant of all. It’s the biblical idea of servant leadership. The true leader gives himself to the people he leads. The good shepherd lays down his life for his sheep. Jesus washed the feet of the disciples. Jesus died for those he loves. That is God’s idea of strength and leadership and blessing. It’s something to be used in the service of others. So God’s idea of masculine strength gives us the idea of a chivalrous gentleman toward women, not a bully or someone who sees no difference between himself and them.”
― Eric Metaxas, Seven Men: And the Secret of Their Greatness

“Do the right thing, seek the truth, defend the weak, live courageous lives.”
― Eric Metaxas, Seven Men: And the Secret of Their Greatness

“I finally decided to put it all on Christ—after all if He called me to do it, then He would have to supply the necessary power. In going forward the power was given me.5”
― Eric Metaxas, Seven Men: And the Secret of Their Greatness

“If we think of the fatherhood of God, we get a picture of someone who is strong and loving and who sacrifices himself for those he loves. That’s a picture of real fatherhood and real manhood.”
― Eric Metaxas, Seven Men: And the Secret of Their Greatness

“When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die.”11”
― Eric Metaxas, Seven Men: And the Secret of Their Greatness

“It is sufficient for us that we witness their humiliation,” he said. “Posterity will huzza for us.”32”
― Eric Metaxas, Seven Men: And the Secret of Their Greatness

“Hitler presented himself as a man of moderation and peace, as someone devoted to the German people, and as someone who publicly claimed to be following “God’s will.” He promised to lead Germany out of the economic hell into which it had fallen, and to lift the deep shame that Germans felt at having lost the First World War.”
― Eric Metaxas, Seven Men: And the Secret of Their Greatness

“Perhaps even more important in the Bonhoeffer family was acting upon what one said one believed. One must not only think clearly but must prove one’s thoughts in action. If one was unprepared to live out what one claimed to believe, perhaps one didn’t believe what one claimed after all!”
― Eric Metaxas, Seven Men: And the Secret of Their Greatness

“Great men like Wilberforce and Wesley had the humility and the wisdom to know that whatever strengths they had—and they had many—they could not win without a total reliance on God. At its core, every battle worth fighting is a spiritual battle. Those men were able to succeed only because they humbled themselves and entrusted the battle to God.”
― Eric Metaxas, Seven Men: And the Secret of Their Greatness

“You can talk about right and wrong and good and bad all day long, but ultimately people need to see it. Seeing and studying the actual lives of people is simply the best way to communicate ideas about how to behave and how not to behave. We need heroes and role models.”
― Eric Metaxas, Seven Men: And the Secret of Their Greatness

“swagger? Is it just that he comes across as big and”
― Eric Metaxas, Seven Men: And the Secret of Their Greatness

“There are greater issues in life than sport, and the greatest of these is loyalty to the great laws of the soul.”
― Eric Metaxas, Seven Men: And the Secret of Their Greatness

“How do we know that dying is so dreadful? Who knows whether in our human fear and anguish, we are only shivering and shuddering at the most glorious, heavenly blessed event in the world? Death is hell and night and cold, if it is not transformed by our faith. But that is just what is so marvelous, that we can transform death.9”
― Eric Metaxas, Seven Men: And the Secret of Their Greatness

“Second-baseman Eddie Stanky spoke for the whole team when he shouted at the opposing dugout: “Listen, you yellow-bellied cowards, why don’t you yell at somebody who can answer back?”
― Eric Metaxas, Seven Men: And the Secret of Their Greatness