{"quotes":[{"text":"Today, I challenge you to pay it forward. You don't need to save a village—only one lost soul. Be the reflection of Christ and shine His light. The cost is little, but the reward is rich.","author":"Dana Arcuri","tags":["devotional","encourage","encouragement","faith","faith","give","harvest-of-hope","help-others","helping-hand","helping-people","helping-the-needy","helping-the-poor","hope","hopeful","inspirational","inspiring","inspiring-","pay-it-forward","reach-out","reflection","reflection-of-christ","shine-bright","shine-your-light"],"id":76785,"author_id":"Dana+Arcuri"},{"text":"We've also evolved the ability to simply 'pay it forward': I help you, somebody else will help me. I remember hearing a parable when I was younger, about a father who lifts his young son onto his back to carry him across a flooding river. 'When I am older,' said the boy to his father, 'I will carry you across this river as you now do for me.' 'No, you won't,' said the father stoically. 'When you are older you will have your own concerns. All I expect is that one day you will carry your own son across this river as I no do for you.' Cultivating this attitude is an important part of Humanism--to realize that life without God can be much more than a series of strict tit-for-tat transactions where you pay me and I pay you back. Learning to pay it forward can add a tremendous sense of meaning and dignity to our lives. Simply put, it feels good to give to others, whether we get back or not.","author":"Greg M. Epstein","tags":["atheism","ethics","humanism","inspirational","morality","motivational","parable","pay-it-forward"],"id":113877,"author_id":"Greg+M.+Epstein"},{"text":"Even over the sound of a thousand voices...I still can hear my own, only after I listened to hers.","author":"James Emlund","tags":["appreciation","compassion","inspirational-living","love","pay-it-forward","self-improvement"],"id":145537,"author_id":"James+Emlund"},{"text":"When you mess up-fix it, when you fail-fall forward and learn, when you suffer loss-heal and always pay it forward.","author":"Val Uchendu","tags":["failure-and-success","failure","failure-relationship","inspirational","inspirational","learning-from-mistakes","learning","loss","motivational","pay-it-forward","wisdom"],"id":172276,"author_id":"Val+Uchendu"},{"text":"Parenting is the greatest pay it forward system on earth. We don't owe our parents anything. We owe our children everything. The same was true for our parents. The same will be true for our children.","author":"Dan Pearce","tags":["children","debt","indebtedness","parenting","parents","pay-it-forward"],"id":226468,"author_id":"Dan+Pearce"},{"text":"Avoidance is paying forward that which I would be much wiser to pay off.","author":"Craig D. Lounsbrough","tags":["avoid","avoidance","blame","denial","justification","pay-it-forward","rationalization"],"id":229646,"author_id":"Craig+D.+Lounsbrough"},{"text":"When we're struck with cruelty, we can either inflict the same on others like it's a rite of passage, or decide that here is where it stops.","author":"Joyce Rachelle","tags":["changing-the-world","cruelty","do-unto-others","pay-it-forward","the-golden-rule"],"id":257785,"author_id":"Joyce+Rachelle"},{"text":"Our actions are like ships which we may watch set out to sea, and not know when or with what cargo they will return to port.","author":"Iris Murdoch","tags":["actions","consequences","karma","pay-it-forward","reciprocity","responsibility","spiritual-guidance"],"id":276950,"author_id":"Iris+Murdoch"},{"text":"Pay it forward with free compliments. They are returned in due time. NetworkEtiquette.Net.","author":"David Chiles","tags":["compliment","compliments","free","golden-rule","internet-etiquette","netiquette","pay-it-forward","social-media"],"id":283334,"author_id":"David+Chiles"},{"text":"Our job on earth isn't to criticize, reject, or judge. Our purpose is to offer a helping hand, compassion, and mercy. We are to do unto others as we hope they would do unto us.","author":"Dana Arcuri","tags":["acceptance-of-others","compassion","compassion","compassionate","compassionate-love","criticism","devotionals","encouragement","faith","giving","golden-rule","grace","harvest-of-hope","helping-hand","helping-others","hope","hopeful-and-encouraging","inspirational","inspiring","judge","judgemental","love","mercy","mercy-of-god","pay-it-forward","positive","purpose","purpose-in-life","reaching-out","reaching-out-to-others"],"id":297298,"author_id":"Dana+Arcuri"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":14,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}