{"quotes":[{"text":"Trials makes you to develop the qualities of a successful man.","author":"Sunday Adelaja","tags":["calling","human-qualities","life","purpose","qualities","self-qualities","success","successful","trials","truth"],"id":7282,"author_id":"Sunday+Adelaja"},{"text":"The Man of Power is one who presides—By persuasion. He uses no demeaning words or behavior, does not manipulate others, appeals to the best in everyone, and respects the dignity andagency of all humankind—men, women, boys, and girls.By long-suffering. He waits when necessary and listens to the humblest or youngest person. He is tolerant of the ideas of others and avoids quick judgments and anger. By gentleness. He uses a smile more often than a frown. He is not gruff or loud or frightening; he does not discipline in anger.By meekness. He is not puffed up, does not dominate conversations, and is willing to conform his will to the will of God.By love unfeigned. He does not pretend. He is sincere, giving honest love without reservation even when others are unlovable.By kindness. He practices courtesy and thoughtfulness in little things as well as in the more obvious things. By pure knowledge. He avoids half-truths and seeks to be empathetic. Without hypocrisy. He practices the principles he teaches. He knows he is not always right and is willing to admit his mistakes and say ‘I’m sorry.'Without guile. He is not sly or crafty in his dealings with others, but is honest and authentic when describing his feelings.","author":"H. Burke Peterson","tags":["honesty","love","patience","qualities","virtues"],"id":12966,"author_id":"H.+Burke+Peterson"},{"text":"A man worth being with is one…That never lies to youIs kind to people that have hurt himA person that respects another’s lifeThat has manners and shows people respectThat goes out of his way to help peopleThat feels every person, no matter how difficult, deserves compassionWho believes you are the most beautiful person he has ever metWho brags about your accomplishments with prideWho talks to you about anything and everything because no bad news will make him love you lessThat is a peacemakerThat will see you through illnessWho keeps his promisesWho doesn’t blame others, but finds the good in them That raises you up and motivates you to reach for the starsThat doesn’t need fame, money or anything materialistic to be happyThat is gentle and patient with childrenWho won’t let you lie to yourself; he tells you what you need to hear, in order to help you growWho lives what he says he believes inWho doesn’t hold a grudge or hold onto the past Who doesn’t ask his family members to deliberately hurt people that have hurt himWho will run with your dreamsThat makes you laugh at the world and yourselfWho forgives and is quick to apologizeWho doesn’t betray you by having inappropriate conversations with other womenWho doesn’t react when he is angry, decides when he is sad or keep promises he doesn’t plan to keepWho takes his children’s spiritual life very seriously and teaches by exampleWho never seeks revenge or would ever put another person downWho communicates to solve problemsWho doesn’t play games or passive aggressively ignores people to hurt themWho is real and doesn’t pretend to be something he is notWho has the power to free you from yourself through his positive outlookWho has a deep respect for women and treats them like a daughter of GodWho doesn’t have an ego or believes he is better than anyoneWho is labeled constantly by people as the nicest person they have ever metWho works hard to provide for the familyWho doesn’t feel the need to drink alcohol to have a good time, smoke or do drugsWho doesn't have to hang out a bar with his friends, but would rather spend his time with his familyWho is morally free from sinWho sees your potential to be greatWho doesn't think a woman's place has to be in the home; he supports your life mission, where ever that takes youWho is a gentlemanWho is honest and lives with integrityWho never discusses your private business with anyoneWho will protect his familyWho forgives, forgets, repairs and restoresWhen you find a man that possesses these traits then all the little things you don’t have in common don’t matter. This is the type of man worth being grateful for.","author":"Shannon L. Alder","tags":["be-selective","best-choice","best-friend","blessed","christ-like","dating","father","freedom","friendship","god-s-plan","grateful","gratitude","happiness","honorable-man","husband","jealous-women","jim-alder","joy","joyful","king-of-the-kingdom","life-partner","life-partners","lucky-girl","lucky-me","marriage","mate","my-husband","partner","positive-outlook","qualities","revelations","righteous-man","selection","spiritual-man","staying-positive","tests","the-best","the-man","winning"],"id":13851,"author_id":"Shannon+L.+Alder"},{"text":"Life sometimes confuses us by making us discover in someone we hate a quality or qualities we love.","author":"Mokokoma Mokhonoana","tags":["aphorism","aphorisms","aphorist","aphorists","confuse","confusion","enemies","enemy","funny","hate","hatred","hilarious","humor","humorous","humour","joke","jokes","qualities","quality","role-model","role-models","satire"],"id":22656,"author_id":"Mokokoma+Mokhonoana"},{"text":"It is not enough to have great qualities We should also have the management of them. ","author":"Francois de La Rochefoucauld","tags":["management","qualities "],"id":23766,"author_id":"Francois+de+La+Rochefoucauld"},{"text":"That's a very admirable quality in a wife. The ability to admit she is in the wrong.","author":"Lindsay Armstrong","tags":["admiration","qualities","quality","wife","wrong"],"id":24885,"author_id":"Lindsay+Armstrong"},{"text":"The Jews could be put down very plausible as the most unpleasant race ever heard of. As commonly encountered they lack any of the qualities that mark the civilized man: courage, dignity, incorruptibility, ease, confidence. They have vanity without pride, voluptuousness without taste, and learning without wisdom. Their fortitude such as it is, is wasted upon puerile objects, and their charity is mainly a form of display.","author":"H.L. Mencken","tags":["antisemitism","jews","qualities","race"],"id":29551,"author_id":"H.L.+Mencken"},{"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":"We can achieve even more than we could expect if we try to be less distracted by the fuss of life and concentrate more on developing some qualities or characteristic of our soul and character.","author":"Sunday Adelaja","tags":["achieve","achievement","calling","character","distraction","life","purpose","qualities","self-development","soul","truth"],"id":42876,"author_id":"Sunday+Adelaja"},{"text":"Only through delayed gratification could you be able to come up with other virtues, character, trait that will really qualify you to call yourself a human being.","author":"Sunday Adelaja","tags":["character","delayed-gratification","human-qualities","qualities","trait","virtues"],"id":49280,"author_id":"Sunday+Adelaja"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":69,"pages":7,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}