{"quotes":[{"text":"I am Mae Waylander from Halts-Walden, daughter of Robert Waylander, a good man who lost his life saving hers.' I point to Ellen. 'And I am the girl who has saved your brother's life on numerous occasions in the Waerg Woods - who fought off a wood nymph, a psychotic pre-adolescent prophet, and a determined flock of killer birds - only to have your father shoot an arrow in my side because I wouldn't let him kill my stag.","author":"Sarah Dalton","tags":["assertive","awesome","fantasy","heroine","sarah-dalton","take-that","white-hart","young-adult"],"id":70920,"author_id":"Sarah+Dalton"},{"text":"There is always a good choice and there is always a better choice. There is always the best choice and there is always a choice to choose. If only you would think of the summary of your life tomorrow today, you would yearn to live and leave a distinctive footprint and you would never stand for anything at all.","author":"Ernest Agyemang Yeboah","tags":["assertive","choices-and-consequences","facing-challenges","facing-the-facts","facing-the-truth","inspirational","knowing-your-purpose","knowledge-is-power","leave-a-footprint","life","life-and-living","life-lessons","the-right-choices","the-summary-of-life","think-of-tomorrow","understanding-life","wisdom","words-of-wisdom"],"id":139386,"author_id":"Ernest+Agyemang+Yeboah"},{"text":"Nothing is as irritating to a shy man as a confident girl.","author":"Mokokoma Mokhonoana","tags":["aggravating","annoy","annoying","aphorism","aphorisms","aphorist","aphorists","aplomb","assertive","assertiveness","assured","at-ease","bashful","bashfulness","boldness","bothersome","can-do","confident","coolheaded","courage","coyness","cursed","demureness","diffidence","diffident","embarrassed","embarrassment","exasperating","extrovert","extroverted","farouche","funny","galling","girl","girls","hilarious","humor","humorous","humour","imperturbable","infuriating","inhibited","insecure","introversion","introvert","introverted","irksome","irritate","irritating","irritation","joke","jokes","lack-of-confidence","levelheaded","maddening","man","men","mettle","mousiness","mousy","nerve","nervous","nettlesome","obnoxious","pesky","phlegm","phlegmatic","poise","poised","positive","quotations","quotes","repressed","reserve","reserved","reservedness","reticence","reticent","retiring","satire","self-assurance","self-assured","self-confidence","self-confident","self-conscious","self-consciousness","self-effacing","self-possessed","self-possession","self-reliant","sheepish","sheepishness","shy","shyness","timid","timidity","timidness","timorous","timorousness","tiresome","together","troublesome","trying","unconfident","unperturbed","unruffled","vexatious","vexing","withdrawn"],"id":173966,"author_id":"Mokokoma+Mokhonoana"},{"text":"Some people hate people who are overconfident, only because their overconfidence reminds them of their underconfidence.","author":"Mokokoma Mokhonoana","tags":["adage","adages","africa","african","aphorism","aphorisms","arrogance","arrogant","assertive","assertiveness","assured","at-ease","axiom","axioms","can-do","confidence","confident","coolheaded","deep","dictum","dictums","envious","envy","epigram","epigrams","funny","gnome","gnomes","hate","hated","hating","hatred","humble","humbled","humbling","humility","humor","humorous","humour","imperturbable","insightful","jealous","jealousy","levelheaded","love","loved","loving","made-me-think","make-you-think","maxim","maxims","modest","modesty","overconfidence","overconfident","philosopher","phlegmatic","profound","proverb","proverbs","provoke-thought","quotation","quotations","quote","of-the-day","quotes","satire","satirical","satirist","satirists","saying","sayings","self-assurance","self-assured","self-possessed","self-reliance","self-reliant","south-africa","south-african","thought-provoking","thoughtful","together","underconfidence","underconfident","unperturbed","unruffled"],"id":366937,"author_id":"Mokokoma+Mokhonoana"},{"text":"Staying silent is like a slow growing cancer to the soul and a trait of a true coward. There is nothing intelligent about not standing up for yourself. You may not win every battle. However, everyone will at least know what you stood for—YOU.","author":"Shannon L. Alder","tags":["assertive","assertiveness","bravery","choices","confidence","courage","coward","daughter-of-god","dignity","disrespect","enemies","fearful","integrity","low-self-esteem","retreat","scores","self-esteem","self-respect","self-worth","silence","women"],"id":379523,"author_id":"Shannon+L.+Alder"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":5,"pages":1}}