{"quotes":[{"text":"Good communication has just a little to do with eloquence. It's character that makes it more successful. Harsh words nicely articulated are sharp enough to kill your brand!","author":"Israelmore Ayivor","tags":["articulate","behave","behaviour","brand","brand-yourself","brands","character","communicate","communication","communicative","communicative-skills","eloquence","food-for-thought","good","good-communication","harsh","harsh-words","israelmore-ayivor","leadership-qualities","little","nice","personal-branding","poor-communication","public-speaking","sharp","small","succeed","success","successful","talk","talk-well","word","words"],"id":601,"author_id":"Israelmore+Ayivor"},{"text":"Stark truth, is seldom met with open arms.","author":"Justin K. McFarlane Beau","tags":["acceptance","brave","embrace","harsh","hugs","rarely","righteous","rigorous","truth","unpopular"],"id":1602,"author_id":"Justin+K.+McFarlane+Beau"},{"text":"Most men would rather be shot through with a broad-headed arrow than be described by you.","author":"Neal Stephenson","tags":["empathy","harsh","observant"],"id":5754,"author_id":"Neal+Stephenson"},{"text":"There's no crying in the rank book.","author":"William Morton","tags":["academics","crying","harsh","history","sad","scholar","school"],"id":12576,"author_id":"William+Morton"},{"text":"Sometimes, even pretty simple situations can become tough, when the thing you love the most and the thing you have to sacrifice is the same.","author":"M.H. Rakib","tags":["harsh","life","sacrifice","simply-tough","situations","truth"],"id":25551,"author_id":"M.H.+Rakib"},{"text":"It is difficult to believe in the dreadful but quiet war lurking just below the serene facade of nature.","author":"Charles Darwin","tags":["biology","evolution","harsh","illusion","natural-selection","science","struggle-for-life"],"id":58699,"author_id":"Charles+Darwin"},{"text":"It was true—but it was harsh. And it feels like maybe a harsh truth can be as hurtful as a lie.","author":"Ryan Galloway","tags":["harsh","honesty","lies","truth","words","wounds"],"id":63884,"author_id":"Ryan+Galloway"},{"text":"As long as you have hope, you can survive any harsh condition.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["condition","hardship","harsh","hope","inspirational"],"id":81395,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"},{"text":"He was incapable of untruth; never tampered with a fact; never altered a disagreeable word to suit the pleasure or convenience of any mortal being, least of all his own children, who, sprung from his loins, should be aware from childhood that life is difficult; facts uncompromising; and the passage to that fabled land where our brightest hopes are extinguished, our frail barks founder in darkness (here Mr. Ramsay would straighten his back and narrow his little blue eyes upon the horizon), one that needs, above all, courage, truth, and the power to endure.","author":"Virginia Woolf","tags":["father","harsh"],"id":90301,"author_id":"Virginia+Woolf"},{"text":"There’s only so many times you can fight before the only person you fight for is yourself.","author":"S.R. Crawford","tags":["harsh","inspiration","life","reality","teen","vampire","ya"],"id":149042,"author_id":"S.R.+Crawford"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":29,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}