{"quotes":[{"text":"Being divorced does not necessarily make one’s advice on marriage useless … or useful.","author":"Mokokoma Mokhonoana","tags":["advice","advices","advise","aphorism","aphorisms","counsel","counseling","counselling","counsellor","counsellors","counselor","counselors","divorce","divorced","divorcee","divorcees","experience","extended-families","extended-family","families","family","fool","foolish","fools","humor","humour","husband","husbands","learn","learned","lesson","lessons","love","lover","lovers","made-me-think","make-you-think","marriage","marriage-proposal","marriage-proposals","married","marry","nuclear-families","nuclear-family","proposal","proposals","propose","provoke-thought","quotation","quotations","quote","quotes","relationship","relationship-advice","relationships","satire","satirical","thought-provoking","useful","usefulness","useless","uselessness","wife","wisdom","wise","wives"],"id":9822,"author_id":"Mokokoma+Mokhonoana"},{"text":"Marriages can endure any difficulty with unfailing love and dedication.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["adversity","advice","counselling","dedication","difficulty","divorce","faith","gods-grace","hard-times","healthy","hope","keenness","lailah-gifty-akita-affirmations","love","marriage","pray","romance","spirituality","uplifting","words-of-wisdom"],"id":27797,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"},{"text":"There is a perfect marriage. Any marriage counselor can tell you that.","author":"Ljupka Cvetanova","tags":["aphorism","counselling","humor","humorous","love","man","marriage","marriage-counselor","perfect-marriage","quote","telling-the-truth","woman"],"id":32172,"author_id":"Ljupka+Cvetanova"},{"text":"Marriage brings together not just a man and his wife but their children and their struggles. To suddenly drop the partner who has carried that load with you along life's journey for all these years for someone with no strings or worries attached is cruel. Marriage is not a commercial enterprise in which you replace a car you have tired of with another one.","author":"Ravi Zacharias","tags":["counselling","divorce","faithfulness","help","infidelity","separation","struggle"],"id":82714,"author_id":"Ravi+Zacharias"},{"text":"Accept corrections and you’ll improve and increase.","author":"Israelmore Ayivor","tags":["correct","correction","corrections","counsel","counselling","food-for-thought","grow","improve","increase","israelmore-ayivor","rebuke"],"id":104915,"author_id":"Israelmore+Ayivor"},{"text":"Spiritual counselling is helping people find the deep root of stillness in themselves, which is also a connection to everything else.","author":"Jay Woodman","tags":["connection","counselling","root","spiritual","stillness"],"id":111617,"author_id":"Jay+Woodman"},{"text":"You must not give up in the middle of the journey. May you have grace to travel onward.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["counselling","destiny","dont-quit","failure","faith","fighting-spirit","grace","hope","inspirational","lailah-gifty-akita-affirmations","marriage-advice","mission","never-give-up","overcomer","positive-attitude","positive-thinking","spirituality","success","survival-instinct","travel","try-again"],"id":137508,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"},{"text":"The counsellor who never reads a novel or never opens a book of poetry is neglecting an important resource for empathic development.","author":"Dave Mearns","tags":["books","counselling","empathy","personal-development","reading"],"id":140734,"author_id":"Dave+Mearns"},{"text":"The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.","author":"Carl R. Rogers","tags":["counselling","paradox","self-awareness","self-improvement"],"id":155241,"author_id":"Carl+R.+Rogers"},{"text":"I have said so many times to many people on the spiritual path, 'You must be strong in yourself to help others. People who are in the emotional sea need someone who can pull them out, not someone who gets in with them and gets dragged away by the tidal wave of human emotions. We have to become emotional lifeguards.","author":"Gordon Smith","tags":["counselling","healing","spirituality"],"id":162385,"author_id":"Gordon+Smith"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":25,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}