{"author":"Charles R. Swindoll","author_id":"Charles+R.+Swindoll","total_quotes":96,"quotes":[{"text":"Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it.","author":"Charles R. Swindoll","tags":["attitude","inspiration","life"],"id":843,"author_id":"Charles+R.+Swindoll"},{"text":"Someone has said,”Education is going from an unconscious to conscious awareness of one’s ignorance.”..No one has a corner on wisdom. All the name-dropping in the world does not heighten the significance of our character. If anything, it reduces it. Our acute need is to cultivate a willingness to learn and to remain teachable.","author":"Charles R. Swindoll","tags":["faith"],"id":6096,"author_id":"Charles+R.+Swindoll"},{"text":"A teardrop on earth summons the King of heaven.","author":"Charles R. Swindoll","tags":["king","earth","heaven "],"id":13049,"author_id":"Charles+R.+Swindoll"},{"text":"If you allow it, [suffering] can be the means by which God brings you His greatest blessings.","author":"Charles R. Swindoll","tags":["christianity","faith","suffering","trials"],"id":17588,"author_id":"Charles+R.+Swindoll"},{"text":"To be 'in Christ' is to place one's trust in Him for salvation from sin. To be 'in Christ' is to trust His goodness, not our own; to trust that His sacrificial death on the cross paid the complete debt of death we owe for our sin; to trust that His resurrection gives us eternal life instead of relying upon our own ability to please God. To be 'in Christ' is to claim, by faith, the free gift of salvation. To be 'in Christ' is to enjoy a completely restored relationship with our Father in heaven by virtue of His Son's righteous standing.","author":"Charles R. Swindoll","tags":["free-gift","god","jesus-christ","salvation","works"],"id":23218,"author_id":"Charles+R.+Swindoll"},{"text":"Joy is a deeply felt contentment that transcends difficult circumstances and derives maximum enjoyment from every good experience.","author":"Charles R. Swindoll","tags":["christianity","contentment","joy","trials"],"id":24391,"author_id":"Charles+R.+Swindoll"},{"text":"God doesn't mock us. He never gives us a goal that we cannot accomplish in His strength. I want to assure you, you can glorify God, you MUST glorify God. But you have to determine deep within your heart that you're going to do it His way.","author":"Charles R. Swindoll","tags":["glorifying-god","god","life","strength"],"id":26653,"author_id":"Charles+R.+Swindoll"},{"text":"The difference between something good and something great is attention to detail.","author":"Charles R. Swindoll","tags":["great","attention","detail "],"id":30085,"author_id":"Charles+R.+Swindoll"},{"text":"Boldness in the course of a noble fight is worth the risk...If you stand on truth, you'll only regret your timidity later, but you'll never regret being bold.","author":"Charles R. Swindoll","tags":["faith","fear","god","standing-firm"],"id":33904,"author_id":"Charles+R.+Swindoll"},{"text":"...Ask yourself, 'Who's getting the glory in this ministry?' You see, if we do ministry OUR way, it won't be for His glory, because our ways are not His ways.","author":"Charles R. Swindoll","tags":["church","glorifying-god","god","life","wake-up"],"id":35213,"author_id":"Charles+R.+Swindoll"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":96,"pages":10,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}