{"author":"Michelle Cruz-Rosado","author_id":"Michelle+Cruz-Rosado","total_quotes":30,"quotes":[{"text":"Denying yourself a life of personal freedom is denying yourself of a life worth living.","author":"Michelle Cruz-Rosado","tags":["inspirational","motivational"],"id":12438,"author_id":"Michelle+Cruz-Rosado"},{"text":"Courage is living by the free will that one creates for themselves, not the life of monotony determined by another.","author":"Michelle Cruz-Rosado","tags":["inspirational","motivational"],"id":18593,"author_id":"Michelle+Cruz-Rosado"},{"text":"Without adversity, there would be no growth, and without growth, there would be no lesson to be learned.","author":"Michelle Cruz-Rosado","tags":["inspirational","motivational","opportunity"],"id":20833,"author_id":"Michelle+Cruz-Rosado"},{"text":"Stubbornness' is knowing exactly what you want courageously living by free will; never to be judged or ridiculed.","author":"Michelle Cruz-Rosado","tags":["courage-to-be-oneself","free-will","freedom-of-choice"],"id":25106,"author_id":"Michelle+Cruz-Rosado"},{"text":"Instead of bracing yourself for the perils of the unknown, embrace the joy that is here, in your present moment.","author":"Michelle Cruz-Rosado","tags":["inspirational","live-in-the-moment","michelle-rosado","motivational"],"id":47603,"author_id":"Michelle+Cruz-Rosado"},{"text":"With self-acceptance, we have the ability to choose compassion and forgiveness over anger and self-hatred.","author":"Michelle Cruz-Rosado","tags":["awareness","compassion","forgiveness","forgiveness","self-acceptance"],"id":69935,"author_id":"Michelle+Cruz-Rosado"},{"text":"A life without regret can be attained by full awareness of one's actions in their present moment.","author":"Michelle Cruz-Rosado","tags":["inspirational","live-in-the-moment","motivational","self-awareness","self-control"],"id":101876,"author_id":"Michelle+Cruz-Rosado"},{"text":"To gain an overall understanding of oneself does not require looking outward - it requires the strength of looking inward.","author":"Michelle Cruz-Rosado","tags":["michelle-rosado","motivational-inspirational"],"id":121732,"author_id":"Michelle+Cruz-Rosado"},{"text":"When someone who is suffering looks to you for compassion, it's indeed a blessing; you are chosen to be their Light in a moment of sorrow.","author":"Michelle Cruz-Rosado","tags":["inspirational","motivational"],"id":137510,"author_id":"Michelle+Cruz-Rosado"},{"text":"We are here not to make something of ourselves. We are here to Be ourselves.","author":"Michelle Cruz-Rosado","tags":["being-yourself","inspirational-life","letting-go-of-the-past","life-lessons"],"id":154904,"author_id":"Michelle+Cruz-Rosado"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":30,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}