{"author":"Charles F. Stanley","author_id":"Charles+F.+Stanley","total_quotes":6,"quotes":[{"text":"God's word is alive, so full of spiritual truth and wisdom that even a single passage can be digested for a lifetime.","author":"Charles F. Stanley","tags":["christian"],"id":46896,"author_id":"Charles+F.+Stanley"},{"text":"Fear stifles our thinking and actions. It creates indecisiveness that results in stagnation. I have known talented people who procrastinate indefinitely rather than risk failure. Lost opportunities cause erosion of confidence, and the downward spiral begins.","author":"Charles F. Stanley","tags":["action","confidence","fear","indecision","opportunities","procrastinate","rise","risks","stagnation"],"id":50243,"author_id":"Charles+F.+Stanley"},{"text":"Behavior is the substance of religion. Belief is the substance of relationship.","author":"Charles F. Stanley","tags":["behavior","belief","god","relationship","religion"],"id":114826,"author_id":"Charles+F.+Stanley"},{"text":"Obey God and leave all the consequences to Him.","author":"Charles F. Stanley","tags":["inspirational","obey-god"],"id":157395,"author_id":"Charles+F.+Stanley"},{"text":"We can be tired, weary and emotionally distraught, but after spending time alone with God, we find that He injects into our bodies energy, power and strength.","author":"Charles F. Stanley","tags":["inspirational","prayer"],"id":271429,"author_id":"Charles+F.+Stanley"},{"text":"[Prayer] is the link between God's inexhaustible resources and people’s needs...God is the source of power, but we are the instrument He uses to link the two together.","author":"Charles F. Stanley","tags":["inspirational","prayer"],"id":372550,"author_id":"Charles+F.+Stanley"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":6,"pages":1}}