{"quotes":[{"text":"Think long and hard whether you have reached that mature stage of selflessness for this one you think you love so much. The love you enjoy will be the best thing that ever happened to you, but it will cost you your independence.... The responsibility of marriage and family demands time, and when we cheat on that, we rob ourselves of the investment returns.","author":"Ravi Zacharias","tags":["counting-the-cost","independence","marriage","selfishness","selflessness","singleness"],"id":21234,"author_id":"Ravi+Zacharias"},{"text":"Don’t be too scared to calculate risks.","author":"Sunday Adelaja","tags":["blessing","counting-the-cost","employment","fear","finance","job","jobless","life","money","purpose","risk-taker","risk-taking","risks","work"],"id":96730,"author_id":"Sunday+Adelaja"},{"text":"They have concluded that it is their duty to rush forward on their journey no matter what the weather; I, on the other hand, am for waiting for favourable wind and current. They are for risking all for God at the snap of a finger; I am for taking advantage of every opportunity to secure my life and estate. They are for holding to their ideas even though all the world would be against them; I, however, am for religion insofar as the times, conditions, and my safety allow it. They are for religion when walking in rags and abuse; I am for it when it walks in silver slippers, in sunshine, and with applause.","author":"Cheryl Ford","tags":["christian-life","counting-the-cost","going-against-the-grain","obedience","perseverance","sacrifice","taking-up-cross","trials"],"id":340665,"author_id":"Cheryl+Ford"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":3,"pages":1}}