{"quotes":[{"text":"There are three things in life...Not worrying what they are, not caring what others may think they are, and enjoying the wonder of what they might be.","author":"Tom Althouse","tags":["calmness","key-to-life","letting-go-of-negative-people","peace-of-mind","rules-for-life","to-live-by","tranquility","what-matters"],"id":14432,"author_id":"Tom+Althouse"},{"text":"No man ever followed his genius till it misled him. Though the result were bodily weakness, yet perhaps no one can say that the consequences were to be regretted, for these were a life in conformity to higher principles. If the day and the night are such that you greet them with joy, and life emits a fragrance like flowers and sweet-scented herbs, is more elastic, more starry, more immortal,—that is your success. All nature is your congratulation, and you have cause momentarily to bless yourself. The greatest gains and values are farthest from being appreciated. We easily come to doubt if they exist. We soon forget them. They are the highest reality... The true harvest of my daily life is somewhat as intangible and indescribable as the tints of morning or evening. It is a little star-dust caught, a segment of the rainbow which I have clutched.","author":"Henry David Thoreau","tags":["higher-values","honest-images","nature","walden","what-matters"],"id":98507,"author_id":"Henry+David+Thoreau"},{"text":"At the end of the day, you should try to remember that it's not about the number of followers you have or the numbers of likes, comments, and shares your posts are getting.It's the number of people who will be present in the hospital room when you fall terribly sick.It's the number of people who will remember your birthday like they remember their first name. It's the number of people who will invite you to celebrate Christmas or new year's eve.It's the number of people who will actually show up to look at your newborn child or to bless your newly bought house.It's the number of people who will actually cross an ocean to see your face.It's the number of people who will wipe your tears when one of your parents passes away.It's the number of people who will make a slightly larger than a thumb effort to be there for you.","author":"Malak El Halabi","tags":["essence","important","priorities","remember","what-matters"],"id":102769,"author_id":"Malak+El+Halabi"},{"text":"For at the end of the day, what matters is never the wine, it's always the moment; it's always the people.","author":"Olivier Magny","tags":["people","what-matters","wine","wine-guide","wine-lovers","wine"],"id":105053,"author_id":"Olivier+Magny"},{"text":"Perspective is as simple as answering this question: If I had 5 months to live would I experience this problem differently?","author":"Shannon L. Alder","tags":["adversity","awakening","bad-reasons","balance","buddhism","change-the-world","christianity","conflicts","death","do-overs","doesn-t-matter","dying","finding-balance","forgiveness","forward","funerals","happiness","joyful","letting-go","living","living-with-passion","misguided-reasons","people","perspective","pointless","problems","reawakening","rebirth","relationships","revenge","second-chances","seekers","seeking","service","spiritual-renewal","useless-baggage","wasting-time","what-matters","wrong-choices"],"id":118664,"author_id":"Shannon+L.+Alder"},{"text":"There comes a moment when you realize what matters the most in your life. Let that moment be now and that matter be your love and kindness.","author":"Debasish Mridha","tags":["debasish-mridha","debasish-mridha-md","gandhi","inspirational","love-and-kindness","miraboli","oscar-wilde","philosophy","quotes","what-matters"],"id":151106,"author_id":"Debasish+Mridha"},{"text":"But in the wake of 'Bullet,' all the guys wanted to know was, 'How's it doing? How's it selling?' How to tell them I didn't give a flying fuck how it was doing in the marketplace, that what I cared about was how it was doing in the reader's heart?","author":"Stephen King","tags":["caring","heart","materialism","money","reaching-out","reaching-people","what-matters","writing","writing-process"],"id":178541,"author_id":"Stephen+King"},{"text":"Silly girl, it's not what the universe gives us that matters. It's what we give the universe.","author":"Lauren Myracle (Let It Snow)","tags":["life","universe","what-matters"],"id":208849,"author_id":"Lauren+Myracle+%28Let+It+Snow%29"},{"text":"Create. Not for the money. Not for the fame. Not for the recognition. But for the pure joy of creating something and sharing it.","author":"Ernest Barbaric","tags":["create","creating","creation","creative-act","creative-genius","creative-mind","creative-process","creative-work","creative-writing","creatives","creativity","creativity","creator","desire","desires","do","happiness","inspiration","inspirational","inspirational","joy","joy-of-life","joy","joyful-living","joyfulness","make-stuff","motivate","motivation","motivational","motivational","motivational","motivators","passion","passion-project","passion-projects","passionate","passions","what-do-i-want","what-do-we-want","what-matters","what-matters-most","what-to-do","what-to-live-for","what-you-want","why-are-we-here","why-are-you-alive","why-are-you-here","why-do-you-want-it","why-i-write","why-we-are-alive","why-we-are-here","why-we-do-what-we-do","why-we-live","why-we-live-on-earth","why-we-wake-up","why-we-write"],"id":253043,"author_id":"Ernest+Barbaric"},{"text":"It is not your beauty, success or money that should define you; neither should your church calling, your charitable contributions or talents. Humility is the cornerstone of character, by which God judges our truth worth, and wisdom is the door he opens when we use it.","author":"Shannon L. Alder","tags":["accomplishments","beauty","charitable-contributions","church-calling","contrite-spirit","defining-yourself","ego","humility","insecurities","leaders","love-for-everyone","money","pastor","reaching-out-to-people","self-centered","sermons-in-a-sentence","service","spiritual-growth","spirituality","talents","teaching-sermons-correctly","wealth","what-matters","wisdom"],"id":256504,"author_id":"Shannon+L.+Alder"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":36,"pages":4,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}