{"quotes":[{"text":"When we are children or teenagers, most of us experience something which has devastating effects on our growth and own identity. It's happens when we are compared to others. 'you are like your father, you're like your mother, you are like your friends... It always has a negative meaning. It's not too late to stop comparing yourself to others, it's a challenging lesson to learn and to carry on a daily basis, it's painful and it takes time for results to be seen, so start today. Start now.","author":"Marino Baccarini","tags":["compare-others","comparison-to-others","don-t-compare","don-t-judge","identity","personal-growth"],"id":7134,"author_id":"Marino+Baccarini"},{"text":"When we accept the labels placed on us by ourselves and others, we then restrict and limit ourselves based on those labels. Break free from them and reclaim your unlimited potential to be your amazing self.","author":"Nanette Mathews","tags":["comparison-to-others","ego","inspirational","judgment","labels","limit-ourselves","self-love","self-worth","validation"],"id":7967,"author_id":"Nanette+Mathews"},{"text":"Never stretch your neck to see who is not doing it big. Look into your bosom, and realize that you can do it bigger! Go, create a brighter picture!","author":"Israelmore Ayivor","tags":["big","bigger","bosom","brighter-picture","compare","comparison","comparison-to-others","compete","competition","create","food-for-thought","israelmore-ayivor","neck","picture"],"id":60788,"author_id":"Israelmore+Ayivor"},{"text":"It has nothing to do with who I am as compared to everyone else. It has everything to do with who I am in companionship with God.","author":"Craig D. Lounsbrough","tags":["comparison-to-others","confidence","god","self-concept","self-doubt","self-esteem","self-evaluation","self-perception","value","worth"],"id":75617,"author_id":"Craig+D.+Lounsbrough"},{"text":"Dear YOU, don’t compare yourself to ANYONE. Your Unique Self is empowered, powerful, and unstoppable! Your uniqueness is what makes you incomparable! Don’t underestimate the beauty of just being YOU.","author":"Stephanie Lahart","tags":["be-you","be-yourself","comparison-to-others","empowering","inspirational","self-empowerment","self-love","stephanie-lahart","stephanie-lahart","unique-self"],"id":109145,"author_id":"Stephanie+Lahart"},{"text":"Whatever your passion is, keep doing it. Don't waste time chasing after success or comparing yourself to others. Every flower blooms at a different pace. Excel at doing what your passion is and only focus on perfecting it. Eventually people will see what you are great at doing, and if you are truly great, success will come chasing after you.","author":"Suzy Kassem","tags":["achievement","ambition","attitude","blooms","chase","comparing-to-others","comparison","comparison-to-others","doubt","drive","excel","excellent","faith","fear","flower","focus","great","greatness","insecurity","life","motivation","passion","passionate","skill","success","successful","time","waste-time","willpower"],"id":167441,"author_id":"Suzy+Kassem"},{"text":"Don't value your self worth by others or external things but by appreciating who you are within. And if you must measure your success do it not by what you have gained personally but what you have contributed to a wider benefit. - Rasheed Ogunlaru.","author":"Rasheed Ogunlaru","tags":["comparison-to-others","contribution","contribution-to-society","helping-others","inspirational","motivation","motivational","rasheed-ogunlaru","rasheed-ogunlaru","self-belief","self-worth","self-worth","success","success"],"id":230088,"author_id":"Rasheed+Ogunlaru"},{"text":"You are not required to perform like them, you are required to perform like you.","author":"Bangambiki Habyarimana","tags":["comparison-to-others","success"],"id":235503,"author_id":"Bangambiki+Habyarimana"},{"text":"We all see very clearly in others tendencies which we, ourselves, have overcome. The older and wiser we grow, the more we can see the arrogance of youth. The more authentic we become, the more we can see the lies of insecurity. The more vulnerable we allow ourselves to be, the more we see the dangerous symptoms of unexpressed emotions. There is no finish line to learning. There is no point where we're done growing, and all we will ever do is look down upon others who are behind us. No one is ever at the top. We are all growing at our own rates, and no matter how terrible or how enlightened we fancy ourselves to be today, the future will be sure to give us a different perspective. There is really no use in comparing yourself to others. There will always be someone ahead and someone behind, and there will be dozens (if not hundreds) of different scales and gradients to be behind and ahead on. To be number one is never final. It is and always will be a momentary, fleeting instant. But to be a growing version of yourself? That, you can be. You can be that every single day.","author":"Vironika Tugaleva","tags":["authentic-self","authenticity","change","comparing","comparison-to-others","evolution","growth","learning","self-awareness","social-comparison"],"id":248973,"author_id":"Vironika+Tugaleva"},{"text":"We grew up on the same street,You and me.We went to the same schools,Rode the same bus,Had the same friends,And even shared spaghettiWith each other's families.And though our roots belong toThe same tree,Our branches have grownIn different directions.Our tree,Now resembles a thousandOther treesIn a sea of a trillionOther treesWith parallel destiniesAnd similar dreams.You cannot envy the branchThat grows biggerFrom the same seed,And you cannotBlame it on the sun's direction.But you still compare us,As if we're still those twoKids at the parkSlurping down slushies andEating ice cream.Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun (2010).","author":"Suzy Kassem","tags":["bestfriends","branch","branches","branches","changes","changes-of-life","childhood","compare","comparing-yourself-to-others","comparison-to-others","destinies","destiny","different-directions","different-fate","different-journies","different-paths","direction","dreams","enemies","envy","facts-of-life","family-branches","family-branches","fate","friends","growing","growing-up","growth","haters","ice-cream","jealousy","kids","life","life-and-living","life-change","life-cycle","life-direction","life-journey","life-lessons","love","park","path","paths","poetry","relationships","relatives","resentment","reunion","root","roots","same-roots","same-school","seed","street","sun","suzy-kassem","tree","trees","truths-of-life","youth"],"id":322225,"author_id":"Suzy+Kassem"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":14,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}