{"quotes":[{"text":"Young people today are deeply passionate and crave authentic life based on truth. They're hungry to make a difference. They're willing to take a stand for whatever they believe, even to die for a cause. When they sell out to Jesus, they'll pursue a standard of righteousness that is greater than anything you and I ever saw growing up. Don't water it down. Don't lower the standard. And don't just settle for raising it-raise it higher. Believe in your children. Talk with them. Speak well of them. Encourage them. Pray for them. Celebrate the victories with them. Affirm their growth. We can raise a generation that, although they'll make mistakes, will sell out completely when Jesus grips them. They'll give Him everything. They'll make you proud by being even weirder than you are.","author":"Craig Groeschel","tags":["a","affirm","although","an","and","anything","are","authentic","based","being","believe","by","can","cause","celebrate","children","completely","crave","deeply","die","difference","don-t","down","encourage","even","ever","everything","for","generation","give","god","greater","grips","growing","growth","higher","him","hungry","i","in","is","it","jesus","just","life","lower","make","mistakes","of","on","out","parents","passionate","people","pray","proud","pursue","raise","raising","righteousness","saw","sell","settle","speak","stand","standard","take","talk","than","that","the","their","them","they","they-ll","they-re","to","today","truth","up","victories","water","we","weird","weirder","well","whatever","when","will","willing","with","you","young","your"],"id":22696,"author_id":"Craig+Groeschel"},{"text":"The passenger liner Ossifar Distana was one of the most luxurious of its kind in space anywhere. It ferried the cream of society across the void in opulence and style. Only the wealthiest could afford an apartment on this ship for a trip of any duration, even a short one around the proverbial block. Even the crew was obliged to pay rent.","author":"Christina Engela","tags":["an","and","any","anywhere","apartment","block","duration","in","obliged","of","one","proverbial","rent","society","space","style","the","was"],"id":38154,"author_id":"Christina+Engela"},{"text":"Advocacy groups in the USA, as in other countries, may not be able to silence this hateful, cowardly and deceitful attack upon people’s humanity – but they can put out the correct, factual, scientifically and medically accurate information in an attempt to counter the ignorance and to restore the balance.","author":"Christina Engela","tags":["advocacy","an","and","attempt","balance","correct","countries","factual","hateful","humanity","medically","other","out","people","restore","the","this","to","upon","usa"],"id":71136,"author_id":"Christina+Engela"},{"text":"Same time as every day, Fyl...' she fussed, the rest of the bridge crew seeming to hold their breaths. 'TWELVE THIRTY!' came the chorus. The next hour dragged by, in about the same way as the hour before that. At twelve twenty-five, Commander Ortez found himself stepping out of an elevator into an equally mundane grey steel corridor on his way to the mess hall. Turning a corner, he met with a stream of crewmen milling around between shifts. Some off-duty personnel were lounging around in civvies, which consisted mostly of re-revamped 60's hippy fashions. Of all the places on the ship, the mess was the most spacious, (I.E.: it was a big mess.) The command officer’s balcony overhung the rest of the crew dining area. Ortez sat at his usual place, wincing as he remembered to get someone to fix the springs in his chair. An ensign, 3rd class dressed in chef’s white, served him with a plate of what either ended up feeding the chefs latest pet - or strangling it. Marnetti, Barnum and the sciences officer Commander Jaris Skotchdopole filed in, not necessarily in that order, and found seats. After a few bites, Marnetti -- who was the first officer and navigator, put up a hand and signalled a waiter. The lad approached fearfully, appreciating the highlight of his day.","author":"Christina Engela","tags":["60-s","a-waiter","an","and-navigator","and-the","appreciating","around","balcony","between-shifts","bites","breaths","chair","chorus","civvies","commander","consisted","corner","crew","day","dining-area","dragged-by","either","ended","ensign","fearfully","few","fussed","get","grey","hall","hippy-fashions","hour","hour-before","in","jaris","marnetti","mess","mundane","necessarily-in","officer","officer-s","on-the","out","personnel","pet","place","same","sciences","seats","seeming","served","she","ship","signalled","skotchdopole","someone","spacious","stepping","strangling-it","stream","that","that-order","the","the-crew","thirty","twelve","twenty-five","were","which","white","wincing","with-a"],"id":87178,"author_id":"Christina+Engela"},{"text":"The purpose of learning is not to give exams in class and forget about it, but to increase the knowledge until they possess an area of the earth for God almighty.","author":"Sunday Adelaja","tags":["about","almighty","an","area","but","class","earth","exams","forget","give","god","increase","is","knowledge","learning","not","possess","purpose","they","until"],"id":104472,"author_id":"Sunday+Adelaja"},{"text":"19. Those who are the happiest are not necessarily those for whom life has been easiest. Emotional stability results from an attitude. It is refusing to yield to depression and fear, even when black clouds float overhead. It is improving that which can be improved and accepting that which is inevitable.","author":"James C. Dobson","tags":["accepting","an","and","are","attitude","be","been","black","can","clouds","depression","easiest","emotional-stability","even","fear","float","for","from","happinest","has","important","improved","inevitable","is","it","life","necessarily","not","overhead","refusing","results","that","the","those","to","when","which","who","whom","yield"],"id":144935,"author_id":"James+C.+Dobson"},{"text":"He is the God who loved you so much that His Son stripped Himself of all heavenly glory to live as an impoverished Jewish carpenter so He could shed His blood, suffer, and die for the forgiveness of our sins.","author":"Craig Groeschel","tags":["all","an","and","as","blood","carpenter","could","die","for","forgiveness","glory","god","heavely","impoverished","jewish","live","loved","much","of","our","shed","sins","so","son","stripped","suffer","that","the","to","who","you"],"id":145479,"author_id":"Craig+Groeschel"},{"text":"God decided that this time in history was perfect for you to glorify Him and make an eternal difference. So God gave you unique gifts, talents, passions, and experiences to propel you into your life purpose.","author":"Craig Groeschel","tags":["an","and","and-experiences","decided","difference","eternal","for","gave","gifts","glorify","god","him","history","in","life","make","passions","perfect","purpose","talents","that","this","time","to","unique","was","you","your"],"id":156368,"author_id":"Craig+Groeschel"},{"text":"People are going to think I'm morbid, loving all these sad books. I actually don't mind a happy ending in a novel—certainly, it's nice when it happens. But when you've invested so much time and your fingers have pushed through all that paper and you get to the end…well, a tragic ending kind of goes with the tragedy of finishing a book.","author":"Julia L. Roberts","tags":["an","hardy-s","imaginative","thomas","woman"],"id":169610,"author_id":"Julia+L.+Roberts"},{"text":"Training is an active, dynamic process lived out daily in all areas of life- not a rote exercise in memorizing verses and going to church every week.","author":"Craig Groeschel","tags":["a-rote","active","all","an","and","areas","church","daily","dynamic","every","exercise","going","in","is","life","lived","memorizing","not","of","out","process","to","training","verses","week"],"id":170418,"author_id":"Craig+Groeschel"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":24,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}