{"quotes":[{"text":"A friend is the wax that keeps the flame lit, an enemy is the wind that blows it out.","author":"Anthony Liccione","tags":["belittle","bless","blow","brother","bullly","candle","companionship","company","curse","darkness","enemy","flame","foe","forever","friend","friendship","gentle","harsh","hate","jealousy","light","lit","love","loyality","sister","snare","togetherness","trip","wax","wind"],"id":154264,"author_id":"Anthony+Liccione"},{"text":"The poor girl ws keeping that student's letter as a precious treasure, and had run to fetch it, her only treasure, because she did not want me to go away without knowing that she, too, was honestly and genuinely loved; that she, too, was addressed respectfully. No doubt that letter was destined to lie in her box and lead to nothing. But none the less, I am certain that she would keep it all her life as a precious treasure, as her pride and justification, and now at such a minute she had thought of that letter and brought it with naive pride to raise herself in my eyes that I might see, that I, too, might think well of her.","author":"Fyodor Dostoyevsky","tags":["asshole","belittle","ego","fyodor-dostoyevsky","judgemental","notes-from-underground"],"id":167128,"author_id":"Fyodor+Dostoyevsky"},{"text":"People will oppose your progress. They will remind you of your past failures, belittle you, etc. The only way to stand against such opposition and belittling is to knowthe reason for your existence.","author":"D.S. Mashego","tags":["belittle","existence","failures","know","oppose","opposition","people","reason","stand"],"id":172974,"author_id":"D.S.+Mashego"},{"text":"God punishes people, who belittle Him with their complaints.","author":"Sunday Adelaja","tags":["belittle","complaints","god","people","punishes"],"id":272489,"author_id":"Sunday+Adelaja"},{"text":"You cannot shame or belittle people into changing their behaviors.","author":"Brené Brown","tags":["belittle","shame"],"id":290676,"author_id":"Bren%C3%A9+Brown"},{"text":"Don't shrink your standards, link yourself with those who think and ink like you.","author":"Michael Bassey Johnson","tags":["attitude","belittle","class","classmates","companion","companions","company","condescension","dignity","ego","high","higher","ink","level","levels","link","morale","poetry","poise","replica","same","self-esteem","self-regard","self-respect","shrink","small","standard","substandard","think","you","yourself"],"id":327487,"author_id":"Michael+Bassey+Johnson"},{"text":"Don’t make the mistake of looking down on your partner. You’re only on that pedestal because they put you up there.","author":"Kamand Kojouri","tags":["belittle","boyfriend","criticise","criticize","date","dating","girlfriend","husband","in-love","judge","kamand","kamand-kojouri","kojouri","look-down","love","lover","loving","marriage","mate","mistake","partner","partnership","pedestal","quote","relationship","relationship","soulmate","wife"],"id":350874,"author_id":"Kamand+Kojouri"},{"text":"Do not share your thoughts with people who think that what you are thinking is not worth thinking.","author":"Michael Bassey Johnson","tags":["belittle","criticism","devalue","envy","fault-finders","humor","jealousy","low","michael-bassey-johnson","others","self-esteem","share","sharing","think","thinking","thoughts","worth","you"],"id":354877,"author_id":"Michael+Bassey+Johnson"},{"text":"People in love overvalue their heart and undervalue their mind.","author":"Amit Kalantri","tags":["amit","amit-kalantri","belittle","cleverness","don-t","don-t","emotion","emotional","emotions","feel","feelings","heart","human","humans","inspiration","inspirational","inspirational","intelligence","intelligent","mind","motivation","motivational","motivational","overestimate","overestimating","overestimation","overvalue","people","philosophy","strengthen","underestimate","underestimating","underestimation","undermine","undervalue","wisdom","wisdom"],"id":358202,"author_id":"Amit+Kalantri"},{"text":"You should not belittle yourself or see yourself as worse than others.","author":"Sunday Adelaja","tags":["belittle","calling","fulfillment","purpose","worse"],"id":400579,"author_id":"Sunday+Adelaja"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":11,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}