{"quotes":[{"text":"We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorns have roses.","author":"Alphonse Karr","tags":["complaints","glass-half-full","gratitude","misattributed-abraham-lincoln","optimism","perspective","pessimism","positive-thinking","roses","thorns"],"id":25707,"author_id":"Alphonse+Karr"},{"text":"Don’t settle for a half empty glass, always go for a full one!","author":"Stephen Richards","tags":["glass-full","glass-half-empty","glass-half-full","stephen-richards"],"id":73846,"author_id":"Stephen+Richards"},{"text":"The optimist sees the glass as half full, the pessimist as half empty. What I see is water that can save someone's life.","author":"Abhijit Naskar","tags":["altruism","altruism","compassion","glass-half","glass-half-empty","glass-half-full","humanism","inspiration","inspirational","inspirational","inspiring","inspiring","life","love","optimism","optimism","pessimism","pessimism","pessimistic","philosophy","philosophy-of-life","philosophy","science","truth","wise-sayings","wise-words","words-of-wisdom"],"id":116723,"author_id":"Abhijit+Naskar"},{"text":"Whether your cup is half-full or half-empty, remind yourself there are others without one.","author":"Matshona Dhliwayo","tags":["faith","glass-half-empty","glass-half-full","grateful","gratitude","hope","hope","inspiration","inspirational","inspirational","inspirational","inspirational-about-life","inspirational-for-women","inspirational-motivation","inspirational-of-the-day","optimism","optimist","optimistic","pessimism","pessimistic","positive","positive-thinking","positive-thoughts","spiritual","spiritual","spirituality","thankful","think-positive","think-positively"],"id":136503,"author_id":"Matshona+Dhliwayo"},{"text":"Something important I have learned is patience, and turning each failure into a learning experience. ..Instead of calling them 'failures' I call them 'lessons'. Instead of saying, 'I failed at that,' I say, 'I learned from that.' Each failure has taught me something incredibly valuable and by recognizing this I can see the hand of God in my life in situations where most people would feel abandoned by Him.","author":"Lindsey Rietzsch","tags":["failure","failure-and-success","failure","failures","glass-half-full","god","god-s-grace","god-s-will","hand-of-god","inspirational","learning-from-mistakes","learning","motivational-speaker","positive-thinking"],"id":184097,"author_id":"Lindsey+Rietzsch"},{"text":"Whether your glass is half full or half empty, hope can fill it up.","author":"Matshona Dhliwayo","tags":["faith","faith","faith","glass-half-empty","glass-half-full","guru","hope","hope","inspirational","inspirational","inspirational","inspirational-about-life","inspirational-motivation","life-lesson","life-lessons","life-lessons","life","life","life","life-and-sayings","life-inspirational","matshona-dhliwayo","overcome","overcomer","overcoming-adversity","overcoming-challenges","overcoming-fear","overcoming-obstacles","overcoming","sage"],"id":190821,"author_id":"Matshona+Dhliwayo"},{"text":"Don't ignore the love you DO have in your life by focusing on the love you DON'T.","author":"Mandy Hale","tags":["being-single","blessings","contentment","finding-love","friendship","glass-half-full","loneliness","love","loving-people","loving-yourself","positive-thinking","relationships","single","single-life","single-woman","singleness","the-single-woman"],"id":238573,"author_id":"Mandy+Hale"},{"text":"Forget about what you might have lost but instead focus on what you have room to gain.","author":"Lindsey Rietzsch","tags":["abundance","failure","failure","gain","glass-half-full","inspirational","loss","motivational-speaker","positive-thinking","prosperity"],"id":273621,"author_id":"Lindsey+Rietzsch"},{"text":"Together, we overcome the drought of happiness and goodness, by seeing our glasses half full and helping fill others’ glasses back up with love.","author":"Emilyann Girdner","tags":["glass-half-full","goodness","goodness","happiness","happiness","kindness","love","love"],"id":312860,"author_id":"Emilyann+Girdner"},{"text":"Some say the glass is half full and blush,Some say it’s half empty and sink,I feel you are in the midst of,reaching out for another awesome drink!","author":"Jasleen Kaur Gumber","tags":["glass","glass-half-full","half","halfway","life","life-philosophy","optimism"],"id":404506,"author_id":"Jasleen+Kaur+Gumber"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":13,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}