{"quotes":[{"text":"A busy, vibrant, goal-oriented woman is so much more attractive than a woman who waits around for a man to validate her existence.","author":"Mandy Hale","tags":["being-single","dating","goals","hard-to-get","holding-out-for-the-best","love","loving-yourself","not-settling","playing-hard-to-get","positive-thinking","relationships","single","single-life","single-woman","singleness","standards","the-single-woman","validation"],"id":34497,"author_id":"Mandy+Hale"},{"text":"It is necessary, and even vital, to set standards for your life and the people you allow in it.","author":"Mandy Hale","tags":["boundaries","drama","friends","friendship","holding-out-for-the-best","honoring-yourself","letting-go","life","loving-yourself","moving-on","negative-people","not-settling","positive-thinking","setting-standards","standards","the-single-woman","toxic-friends","true-friends"],"id":36224,"author_id":"Mandy+Hale"},{"text":"Too easy to get = Just as easy to forget.","author":"Mandy Hale","tags":["being-hard-to-get","easy-to-get","hard-to-get","holding-out-for-the-best","knowing-your-worth","not-settling","playing-hard-to-get","positive-thinking","self-worth","standards"],"id":45330,"author_id":"Mandy+Hale"},{"text":"Single” is an opportunity to live life on your own terms and not apologize.","author":"Mandy Hale","tags":["being-single","confidence","embracing-your-singleness","holding-out-for-the-best","independence","life","live-life-on-your-own-terms","living-in-the-moment","loving-yourself","no-apologies","not-settling","opportunity","positive-thinking","single","single-journey","single-life","single-woman","singleness","the-single-woman"],"id":45629,"author_id":"Mandy+Hale"},{"text":"Look around you at the people you spend the most time with and realize that your life can’t rise any higher than your friendships.","author":"Mandy Hale","tags":["friends","friendship","holding-out-for-the-best","letting-go","letting-go-of-negative-people","loving-yourself","moving-on","negative-people","positive-thinking","potential","self-worth","setting-standards","standards","toxic-friends","you-are-the-company-you-keep"],"id":55089,"author_id":"Mandy+Hale"},{"text":"If God closes a door AND a window, consider the fact that it might be time to build a whole new house.","author":"Mandy Hale","tags":["building","closed-doors","destiny","faith","faith-in-god","holding-out-for-the-best","new-direction","obstacles","open-doors","opportunity","overcoming-obstacles","positive-thinking","purpose","realizing-your-purpose","starting-over","trying-again","when-god-closes-a-door"],"id":69105,"author_id":"Mandy+Hale"},{"text":"Love shouldn’t require Windex to be clear. It either is or it isn’t.","author":"Mandy Hale","tags":["being-single","clarity","dating","finding-the-one","he-s-just-not-that-into-you","holding-out-for-the-best","love","not-settling","positive-thinking","relationships","single","single-life","singleness","the-single-woman","true-love","windex"],"id":95689,"author_id":"Mandy+Hale"},{"text":"The right one for you will move mountains to be with you - he won't hide behind them.","author":"Mandy Hale","tags":["dating","holding-out-for-the-best","love","mr-right","not-settling","relationships","the-one"],"id":113076,"author_id":"Mandy+Hale"},{"text":"Here's a glorious thought: You don't have to settle. Ever. In life, in love, in your career…ANYWHERE!","author":"Mandy Hale","tags":["career","dreams","holding-out-for-the-best","life","love","not-settling","positive-thinking","refusing-to-settle","settle","settling","standards","the-single-woman"],"id":129048,"author_id":"Mandy+Hale"},{"text":"Breakups have a way of shaking us awake and helping us see what we really want vs. What we are willing to settle for.","author":"Mandy Hale","tags":["breaking-up","breakups","dating","going-through-a-breakup","holding-out-for-the-best","honoring-yourself","letting-go","love","loving-yourself","moving-on","not-settling","positive-thinking","relationships","settling","the-single-woman"],"id":226158,"author_id":"Mandy+Hale"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":18,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}