{"quotes":[{"text":"One of the greatest gifts in this world is the ability to make others smile. - The Unauthorized Autobiography of Jonathan Fisher.","author":"J.E.B. Spredemann","tags":["ability","amish","friendliness","gifts","happiness","jokes","joking","jonathan-fisher","smile","smiling"],"id":3566,"author_id":"J.E.B.+Spredemann"},{"text":"Each time a person passes by you and you say 'hello', imagine that person turning into a candle. The more positivity, love and light you reflect, the more light is mirrored your way. Sharing beautiful hellos is the quickest way to earn spiritual brownie points. You should start seeing hellos as small declarations of faith. Every time you say hello to a stranger, your heart acknowledges over and over again that we are all family.","author":"Suzy Kassem","tags":["beautiful","beauty","brownie-point","candle","family","friendliness","friendly","friends","friendship","hate","heart","hello","hellos","human-family","illuminate","indifference","kind","kindness","light","love","loving-others","man","mankind","mirrored","mirroring","neighbor","peace","project","radiate","reflect","reflection","relationships","reward","shine","society","spiritual","spiritual-reward","stranger","truth","united","unity","world-peace"],"id":4563,"author_id":"Suzy+Kassem"},{"text":"When we make friends then we change from being animals to being human.","author":"Stephen Richards","tags":["friend","friendliness","friends","friendship","friendship-and-love","friendship-true-and-loyal","friendshop","stephen-richards","stephen-richards-self-help"],"id":5988,"author_id":"Stephen+Richards"},{"text":"When life deals you a rough hand, it’s not about how strong you are but how many people out there believe in you, stand by you: your FRIENDS.","author":"Aman Jassal","tags":["friend","friendliness","friendly","friends","friends-to-lovers","friendship","friendship-and-love","friendship","friendship-true-and-loyal","friendships","life","life-and-living","life-experience","life-lessons"],"id":28555,"author_id":"Aman+Jassal"},{"text":"The pretence leads up to the real thing. When you are not feeling particularly friendly but know you ought to be, the best thing you can do, very often, is put on a friendly manner and behave as if you were a nicer person than you actually are. And in a few minutes, as we have all noticed, you will be really feeling friendlier than you were. Very often the only way to get a quality in reality is to start behaving as if you had it already.","author":"C.S. Lewis","tags":["friendliness","humility","qualities"],"id":34047,"author_id":"C.S.+Lewis"},{"text":"When you do talk to people, share what you are. Stop focusing on all the things that you aren’t. Stop focusing on all of the physical features that you think people won’t like about you. Stop focusing on your inabilities or lack of talent. Instead, focus on those physical features that you know people already love about you. Focus on your abilities and the talents that you do have. You have been blessed with all of the above, and that makes you worth getting to know in my book.","author":"Dan Pearce","tags":["communication","confidence","friendliness","making-friends","self-esteem","self-worth","value"],"id":40918,"author_id":"Dan+Pearce"},{"text":"The most valuable gift you can receive is an honest friend.","author":"Stephen Richards","tags":["friend","friendliness","friends","friendship","friendship-and-love","friendship-true-and-loyal","stephen-richards","stephen-richards-self-help"],"id":43699,"author_id":"Stephen+Richards"},{"text":"When you're alone is when you can count your friends.","author":"Stephen Richards","tags":["friend","friendliness","friends","friendship","friendship-and-love","friendship-true-and-loyal","stephen-richards","stephen-richards-self-help"],"id":54576,"author_id":"Stephen+Richards"},{"text":"The author perceptively outlines what might be an underrated aspect of his subject and of many others whose public achievements are of note – a 'gift for friendship'. McCullough says Adams, despite his towering intellect and curmudgeonly demeanor, had a soft heart for other people and a genuine interest in their particulars.","author":"David McCullough","tags":["curiosity","friendliness","friendship","graciousness"],"id":80746,"author_id":"David+McCullough"},{"text":"Learn to be friendly and learn to welcome all people, but note however in doing so that it is not every hand that is stretched towards you that deserves your handshake!","author":"Ernest Agyemang Yeboah","tags":["behind-the-smiles","careful-life","cautious-living","friendliness","friendship","human-relations","life-lessons","secrets"],"id":141143,"author_id":"Ernest+Agyemang+Yeboah"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":25,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}