{"quotes":[{"text":"We need innovation in education and dedication to the task before us.","author":"Alan Autry","tags":["innovation","dedication","need "],"id":2008,"author_id":"Alan+Autry"},{"text":"A distaste for the new is not always fear of the unknown, but sometimes ambition. Some people don't like the new way simply because they never got a chance to master the old way.","author":"Criss Jami","tags":["ambition","artist","chance","change","chronological-snobbery","commitment","conservative","consistency","dedication","development","distaste","fear","improvement","liberal","mastery","new","new-age","old","original","perception","perfection","perseverance","persistence","perspective","progression","taste","tradition","understanding","unknown","young"],"id":6685,"author_id":"Criss+Jami"},{"text":"Dedication requires a specific sacrifice and for many Christians this becomes a stumbling block.","author":"Sunday Adelaja","tags":["becomes","block","christians","dedication","money","prosperity","riches","sacrifice","specific","stumbling","wealth"],"id":11389,"author_id":"Sunday+Adelaja"},{"text":"I'm gonna take all my sadness, frustration, anger and energy and channel it into becoming the best possible student.I am going to become a learning machine...Go ahead, go to all your parties. Go ahead and go home to your families and friends every weekend. You are probably smarter than me. But it doesn't matter. While you are goofing around, I'm gonna be studying, and I'm gonna catch you.","author":"Peter Rogers","tags":["attitude","become-smarter","better-grades","commitment","dedication","motivation","personal-transformation","straight-a-s-in-college","straight-a-s-in-high-school","study-skills","success-strategies"],"id":12005,"author_id":"Peter+Rogers"},{"text":"Be kind to one another and seek beauty in all you do.","author":"Bryant McGill","tags":["dedication","fact","kind","love","passion"],"id":12674,"author_id":"Bryant+McGill"},{"text":"Constant dedication brings constant prosperity.","author":"Sunday Adelaja","tags":["brings","constant","dedication","money","prosperity","riches","truth-of-life","wealth"],"id":13705,"author_id":"Sunday+Adelaja"},{"text":"The problem of society today: An absolute lifestyle of entitlement. People gauge everything by 'feeling', meaning whatever they feel like doing or whatever they don't feel like doing. Passion is valued over dedication. Instant gratification is prized over true fulfillment. They don't know that more than feeling; intuition is the better key. They don't know that more than passion; fulfillment and dedication are the better keys. True passion will produce dedication and ultimately— fulfillment. If not, then it should not be called passion; it should just be called a lack of self control/ immaturity.","author":"C. JoyBell C.","tags":["dedication","feeling","feeling-of-entitlement","fulfillment","immaturity","intuition","lifestyle-of-entitlement","passion","problems-with-society","society","wisdom"],"id":14683,"author_id":"C.+JoyBell+C."},{"text":"People always ask me'Son what does it takeTo reach out and touch your dreams?'To them I always sayAre you hungry?Are you thirsty?Is it a fire that burns you up inside?How bad do you want it?How bad do you need it?Are you eating, sleeping, dreamingWith that one thing on your mind?How bad do you want it?How bad do you need it?Cause if you want it allYou've got to lay it all out on the line.","author":"Tim McGraw","tags":["dedication","inspiration","motivation"],"id":15827,"author_id":"Tim+McGraw"},{"text":"My dad used to say, ‘This is what your right arm’s for, son,’” John said. “This is the time and these are the people and I’d give my right arm to be a light, a comfort, to them. I know you would, too. In whatever form it takes. Use these materials and make something great. Do it on faith, knowing you probably won’t be around to see how the story ends.","author":"Laura Anderson Kurk","tags":["dating","dedication","glass-girl","high-school","laura-anderson-kurk","long-distance-relationships","love","nicaragua","orphanage","perfect-glass","romance","sacrifice","teen-books","teen-fiction","volunteerism","wyoming","ya","young-adult-fiction"],"id":17315,"author_id":"Laura+Anderson+Kurk"},{"text":"I made my name”. What does this mean? It means you were not concerned with conquering the world as much as you were dedicated with conquering yourself.","author":"Sunday Adelaja","tags":["calling","conquer","dedication","fact","fame","famous","history","life","people","purpose","self","self-development","truth","world"],"id":17416,"author_id":"Sunday+Adelaja"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":209,"pages":21,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}