{"quotes":[{"text":"Sometimes you can grow more in a shorter amount of time with the right company than years of soul-searching alone, or by living the same patterns you've lived for your entire life.","author":"A.J. Darkholme","tags":["better-yourself","change","company","growth","life","others","patterns","personal-growth","relationships","self-awareness","self-improvement","soul-searching"],"id":3757,"author_id":"A.J.+Darkholme"},{"text":"What we don't often realize is that the rebirth and collapse of grand things do not begin with grand things at all, like the things we see, but with the small, like the things we are - in the things we do - in the things we say.","author":"A.J. Darkholme","tags":["act","action","baby-steps","better-yourself","collapse","grand-things","perspective","rebirth","say","self-awareness","self-control","self-improvement","small"],"id":44705,"author_id":"A.J.+Darkholme"},{"text":"Each day is a brand new opportunity to create a better version of yourself. Do not put so much pressure on your shoulders, make one ilttle change at a time.","author":"Isa Zapata","tags":["better-yourself","change","isa-zapata","peace-of-mind","personal-development","personal-growth","quote","to-start-over"],"id":83196,"author_id":"Isa+Zapata"},{"text":"Sometimes it feels like you have nothing, or aren't going anywhere, but while you’re waiting for fortune to deliver you, there is always something you can do to help yourself, or teach yourself to better your situation.","author":"A.J. Darkholme","tags":["better-yourself","depressed","failure","feelings","lack-of-progress","learning","nothing","patience","situation","teaching","waiting"],"id":100442,"author_id":"A.J.+Darkholme"},{"text":"Sometimes it's best to trade an ideal for something more practical that you can guarantee.","author":"A.J. Darkholme","tags":["better yourself","guarantees","idealism","ideals","practicality","realism","risk","self-awareness","self-improvement"],"id":101958,"author_id":"A.J.+Darkholme"},{"text":"Your strength doesn't come from winning. It comes from struggles and hardship. Everything that you go through prepares you for the next level.","author":"Germany Kent","tags":["be-steadfast","be-strong","be-strong-and-positive","be-strong","better-life","better-person","better-you","better-yourself","betterment","everyday","everyday-life","everything-happens-for-a-reason","everything-is-connected","germany-kent","germany-kent","germany-kent","hardship","hardship-faith","hardship-overcome","hardship","hardships","hardships-perspective","hope-guru","inspirational-attitude","next-level","next-level-ministry","next-level","next-level","next-level-thinking","perspective","perspective-on-life","perspective","perspectives-on-life","preparation","preparation-to-face-the-day","preparations","prepare","prepare-to-win","prepared","self-awareness","self-development","self-motivation","self-realization","stay-strong","steadfast-mind","strength","strength-and-courage","strength-of-character","strength-of-will","strength","strength","strength-through-adversity","strong-and-positive","strong","strong-women","stronger","struggles-behind-the-scenes","struggles-in-life","struggles-of-life","struggles","the-hope-guru","winning-and-losing","winning-from-within","winning-in-life","winning"],"id":122987,"author_id":"Germany+Kent"},{"text":"We must humble ourselves before [others] so we may learn from what others have lived. It is only when we have added their expertise to our own that we can truly excel towards our most ambitious goals and reach our fullest potential.","author":"A.J. Darkholme","tags":["achievements","better-yourself","expertise","goals","humbling","humility","improvement","lead","leader","leadership","leading","learning","others","people","potential","self-improvement","teaching"],"id":132049,"author_id":"A.J.+Darkholme"},{"text":"A good leader must have the wisdom to know when a pursuit is no longer worthy of being pursued - a time when the losses of the present must be accepted - and cut - to preserve the gains and providence of the future.","author":"A.J. Darkholme","tags":["acceptance","better-yourself","future","gains","leader","leading","loss","losses","preservation","providence","pursuits","self-awareness","self-improvement","wisdom","wise","worthiness"],"id":137319,"author_id":"A.J.+Darkholme"},{"text":"Emotional states change like the wind, and to indulge them only gives them more power over a person.","author":"A.J. Darkholme","tags":["better-yourself","change","emotions","power","self-awareness","self-improvement"],"id":169434,"author_id":"A.J.+Darkholme"},{"text":"Making your mark in the world is better than making trouble.","author":"Matshona Dhliwayo","tags":["better-the-world","better-yourself","change-the-world","excellence","greatness","life-lesson","life-lessons","life","life-and-sayings","make-your-mark","motivational","motivational","pupil","rise","student","success","trouble","wisdom","wisdom","world"],"id":182078,"author_id":"Matshona+Dhliwayo"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":17,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}