{"author":"Chinonye J. Chidolue","author_id":"Chinonye+J.+Chidolue","total_quotes":74,"quotes":[{"text":"In the silence of children, God exists, directing their thoughts and sending us subtle reminders as not forgetting gratitude even in the littlest of things.","author":"Chinonye J. Chidolue","tags":["children","children-are-our-stars","children-are-the-future","children","chinonye-j-chidolue","god","god-speaks-through-children","gratitude","gratitude","inspiring-about-children","silence","silence","silence-speaks","spirituality","thoughts","thoughts-of-the-mind","thoughts-on-life","thoughts"],"id":13205,"author_id":"Chinonye+J.+Chidolue"},{"text":"Others can't always define your true identity. They see what they 'want' to see but beyond your mess, God sees the beauty He created and still thinks it's good!","author":"Chinonye J. 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Chidolue","tags":["direction","inspiration","inspirational","inspire","let-go","letting-go","letting-go","purpose","purpose-driven-life"],"id":18967,"author_id":"Chinonye+J.+Chidolue"},{"text":"This is the responsibility we all owe to ourselves– that the purpose of our existence be to positively affect others with our gift and this does not begin when we feel we have become “something”. It begins when we decide to pick our gift and align it with it’s purpose.","author":"Chinonye J. Chidolue","tags":["audience","audience","audience","gifting","impact","impacting-lives","life-lessons","life","purpose","purpose-driven-life","purpose-of-life","purpose","purposeful-living","success","successful-living"],"id":19594,"author_id":"Chinonye+J.+Chidolue"},{"text":"We are diamonds in the roughThrough the thrust and toil, we come out strongWe are the breath of the earth,Our wombs tell of humanity's birthWe are seeds splattered on putrid soilsStill we sprout, through every stormWe are not here to survive,We are here to live...Inward and outwardIn the incandescence of our existenceYes, our voices may sometimes be brokenBut our spirit remains indestructible. We are women, unapologetically!","author":"Chinonye J. 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Chidolue","tags":["chinonye-j-chidolue","finding-your-purpose","hope","hope-philosophy","life","purpose-driven-life","purpose-in-life","purpose-of-life","purpose","purposeful-living","of-life","world"],"id":60499,"author_id":"Chinonye+J.+Chidolue"},{"text":"To hope is a long run but hopelessness is wrongdoing to your soul.","author":"Chinonye J. Chidolue","tags":["hope","hope-for-each-day","hopeful","hopeful-and-encouraging","hopefulness","hopes"],"id":68939,"author_id":"Chinonye+J.+Chidolue"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":74,"pages":8,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}