{"author":"Steve Goodier","author_id":"Steve+Goodier","total_quotes":98,"quotes":[{"text":"Interestingly, do you know who is the most difficult person to love? It is easy to love friends and not too difficult to love those less fortunate than ourselves. It certainly isn't easy loving enemies, but sometimes the person most difficult to love is the one who is MORE fortunate than we are. The one who receives the promotion we deserved. The one who gets the recognition we desired, the honor we sought or the affections of the lover we had hoped to win. It is easy to resent those who seem to be more fortunate – those who “get all the breaks.","author":"Steve Goodier","tags":["development","emotions","envy","harmony","hatred","jealousy","love","love-of-neighbor","loving","loving-others","resentment"],"id":9552,"author_id":"Steve+Goodier"},{"text":"Of course we need to accept ourselves as we are, but we can't stop there. We also need to value ourselves enough make needed changes.","author":"Steve Goodier","tags":["change","changing-your-life","non-judgmental","nonjudgemental","self-acceptance","self-growth","self-improvement","self-love","understanding"],"id":18343,"author_id":"Steve+Goodier"},{"text":"The more we express thanks, the more gratitude we feel. The more gratitude we feel, the more we express thanks. It's circular, and it leads to a happier life.","author":"Steve Goodier","tags":["appreciation","gratitude","happiness","thanksgiving"],"id":18510,"author_id":"Steve+Goodier"},{"text":"Broken by hardships, disappointments and tragedy, people can become discouraged and cynical. But lives can also be mended. Put back together well, they won't be just like they were before. Damaged pieces reassembled with a golden bonding of patience and love will help form a person into an exquisite masterpiece. It is as if people have to be broken before they can become whole and complete.","author":"Steve Goodier","tags":["adversity","brokenness","growth","healing","improvement","potential","problems","purpose"],"id":34154,"author_id":"Steve+Goodier"},{"text":"If having problems feels like a problem to you, it may not be the problems themselves, but the way you think about them that is the problem.","author":"Steve Goodier","tags":["perception","perspective","problems","thinking","troubles"],"id":40101,"author_id":"Steve+Goodier"},{"text":"I am discovering that I can live far better without cynicism than I can without trust.","author":"Steve Goodier","tags":["cynical","cynicism","depending","trust","trusting","trustworthiness"],"id":43109,"author_id":"Steve+Goodier"},{"text":"We don't get harmony when everybody sings the same note. Only notes that are different can harmonize. The same is true with people.","author":"Steve Goodier","tags":["agreement","conflict","conflict-resolution","differences","different-perspective","getting-along","harmony","opinions"],"id":44890,"author_id":"Steve+Goodier"},{"text":"Find 100 reasons to laugh. You are bound to feel better, you will cope with problems more effectively and people will enjoy being around you. Besides unhappiness, what do you have to lose?","author":"Steve Goodier","tags":["happiness","health","humor","laugh","laughter","relationships","spair"],"id":51543,"author_id":"Steve+Goodier"},{"text":"As much as I enjoy romance, it’s commitment that I need the most. I need to know a love I can depend on, a love that says, “I will be with you through it all. I love you. And I will love you even when you may not be all that lovable, for sometimes I'm not very lovable either. You can count on me - always.","author":"Steve Goodier","tags":["commitment","committed","dependability","lasting-love","love","loving-someone","real-love","romance","romantic-love","staying-together"],"id":58578,"author_id":"Steve+Goodier"},{"text":"I’m convinced we have each been endowed with a beautiful heart. We may not always see it. We may not even believe it. But it’s a gift that came with birth and, every time we act selflessly, it grows a little.","author":"Steve Goodier","tags":["hear","inner-beauty","love","loving","selfless-love","selflessness"],"id":63194,"author_id":"Steve+Goodier"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":98,"pages":10,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}