{"author":"Jeff Goins","author_id":"Jeff+Goins","total_quotes":22,"quotes":[{"text":"We who were born into privilege and opportunity were given these gifts with an expectation: to give them away.","author":"Jeff Goins","tags":["gifts","giving","privilege"],"id":3905,"author_id":"Jeff+Goins"},{"text":"I have realized that whatever good comes to me, comes from God, whatever bad comes to me, God has allowed it, and I choose to be thankful for both.","author":"Jeff Goins","tags":["bad","god","good","inspirational","motivational","struggles","trials"],"id":69641,"author_id":"Jeff+Goins"},{"text":"Maybe something can only be born when something else dies. Maybe our 'coming alive' feels like being dragged through the dirt. Maybe you and I are hanging my a thread of grace for most of our lives and we're expected to be humble, not haughty, with the breaks we've been given. Maybe we're supposed to pay good deeds forward. Maybe we're supposed to think what's in it for me? Far less than we do. Maybe we need to sacrifice more. Maybe it won't feel like a sacrifice at all, but more like the sensation of becoming unnumbed.","author":"Jeff Goins","tags":["grace","purpose","sacrifice"],"id":88442,"author_id":"Jeff+Goins"},{"text":"If you don't acquire the discipline to push through a personal low point, you will miss the reward that comes with persevering.","author":"Jeff Goins","tags":["discipline","inspirational","motivational","perseverance","struggle"],"id":108771,"author_id":"Jeff+Goins"},{"text":"...We find our vocations not by focusing on ourselves, but by focusing on others.","author":"Jeff Goins","tags":["calling","vocation"],"id":114228,"author_id":"Jeff+Goins"},{"text":"If you are going to find work worth doing - a vocation to fulfill and challenge you - you will have to encounter a reality bigger than yourself. It may not be what others say it should be or what you think, but it will come if you are looking for it... At times, the work you're called to do will be hard and confusing, but if you press in, you will see the purpose behind the pain. You will see how the whole experience is causing you to grow. And you will thank God for the whole journey.","author":"Jeff Goins","tags":["calling","personal-growth","purpose","vocation"],"id":128623,"author_id":"Jeff+Goins"},{"text":"Serving people is the best way to earn influence.","author":"Jeff Goins","tags":["influence"],"id":136047,"author_id":"Jeff+Goins"},{"text":"I used to think that your calling was about doing something good in this world. Now I understand it’s about becoming someone good—and letting that goodness impact the world around you.","author":"Jeff Goins","tags":["inspirational","work"],"id":138700,"author_id":"Jeff+Goins"},{"text":"Discomfort is the sign, you are on right track.","author":"Jeff Goins","tags":["inspirational","motivational"],"id":157836,"author_id":"Jeff+Goins"},{"text":"Struggle shapes our character. And character dictates what we will become.","author":"Jeff Goins","tags":["inspirational","motivational","struggle"],"id":160268,"author_id":"Jeff+Goins"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":22,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}