{"quotes":[{"text":"I would like to say that I’m sacrificial. But am I sacrificial enough to acknowledge the fact that I’m not?","author":"Craig D. Lounsbrough","tags":["denial","forthright","frank","god","honesty","ignorance","ignore","jesus","jesus-christ","sacrifice","sacrificial"],"id":37231,"author_id":"Craig+D.+Lounsbrough"},{"text":"Making oneself large involves intentionally making oneself small.","author":"Craig D. Lounsbrough","tags":["give","giving","humble","humility","large","pride","sacrifice","sacrificial","selfless","selflessness","serve","service","servitude","small"],"id":49372,"author_id":"Craig+D.+Lounsbrough"},{"text":"The sacrifice ‘of’ self for the greater good is the greatest calling imaginable, and it is the bedrock of the greatest nations. The sacrifice ‘for’ self is the most pathetic calling imaginable, and it is the quicksand within which nations perish.","author":"Craig D. Lounsbrough","tags":["america","american","bedrock","calling","countries","country","good","leadership","nations","other","others","perish","politics","sacrifice","sacrificial","self","self-centered","selfish","servant-leader","united-states"],"id":81584,"author_id":"Craig+D.+Lounsbrough"},{"text":"While we tediously check our weaponry before entering into battle, do we check our hearts? For without exception, that is the greatest weapon of all.","author":"Craig D. Lounsbrough","tags":["attitude","battle","fourth-of-july","heart","memorial-day","patriot","patriotic","patriotism","sacrifice","sacrificial","weapon","weapons"],"id":99352,"author_id":"Craig+D.+Lounsbrough"},{"text":"The difference between a ‘man’ and a ‘father’ is that the former shares his genes, but latter gives his life.","author":"Craig D. Lounsbrough","tags":["child-children","commit","commitment","dad","daddy","families","family","father","father-s-day","fatherhood","genes","giving","legacy","male","man","men","parent","parenting","sacrifice","sacrificial","sacrificing","sharing"],"id":117341,"author_id":"Craig+D.+Lounsbrough"},{"text":"We have errantly romanticized love as something we freely get verses something we sacrifice for in the giving.","author":"Craig D. Lounsbrough","tags":["confused","confusion","freely","gift","give","giving","love","loving","sacrifice","sacrificial"],"id":127331,"author_id":"Craig+D.+Lounsbrough"},{"text":"Despite how utterly massive they might be, it is never the size of the arsenal nor the strength of the warrior. Rather, it is a heart bent on sacrifice that is the most potent weapon of all.","author":"Craig D. Lounsbrough","tags":["arsenal","attitude","battle","fourth-of-july","give","giving","heart","memorial-day","patriot","patriotic","patriotism","perspective","priorities","priority","sacrifice","sacrificial","warrior","weapon","weapons"],"id":128149,"author_id":"Craig+D.+Lounsbrough"},{"text":"The only things I truly keep are those things that I give away.","author":"Craig D. Lounsbrough","tags":["give","giving","greed","greedy","hold","keep","preserve","retain","sacrifice","sacrificial","share","sharing"],"id":135179,"author_id":"Craig+D.+Lounsbrough"},{"text":"Real relationships are the product of time spent, which is why so many of us have so few of them.","author":"Craig D. Lounsbrough","tags":["children","connection","families","family","friends","friendships","husband","invest","investment","marital","marriages","neighbor","priorities","relationships","sacrifice","sacrificial","spouse","time","wife"],"id":139401,"author_id":"Craig+D.+Lounsbrough"},{"text":"If I have attached anything to sacrifice other than loss, I have at some level assumed a pay-off. And if I’ve assumed a pay-off, I’m only assuming a sacrifice.","author":"Craig D. Lounsbrough","tags":["assume","assuming","compensate","compensation","delude","deluded","errant","error","give","give-and-take","giving","loss","losses","misguided","misleading","misled","pay-off","return","reward","rewarded","sacrifice","sacrificial","sacrificing","self-centered","selfish","selfishness"],"id":172933,"author_id":"Craig+D.+Lounsbrough"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":22,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}