{"quotes":[{"text":"To begin to know ourselves we must have sincere conversations with ourselves as if with a good friend. We must answer without reserve, listen without judgement, and accept without condition. That is self-love.","author":"Kamand Kojouri","tags":["accept","acceptance","answer","ask","begin","better","betterment","compassion","compassionate","condition","conversations","converse","empathy","friend","friendship","good","hear","improvement","judge","judgement","judgment","kamand","kamand-kojouri","kind","kindness","know","knowledge","kojouri","listen","listener","love","love","lover","mindful","mindfulness","ourselves","quote","quotes","reply","reserve","respond","self","self-help","self-improvement","self-love","sincerely"],"id":1026,"author_id":"Kamand+Kojouri"},{"text":"It is easy for anybody to call himself or herself a “Christian” but the truth is we respond from very different world-views.","author":"Sunday Adelaja","tags":["christian","respond","truth"],"id":6618,"author_id":"Sunday+Adelaja"},{"text":"Imagination is the parallel universe of a writer. If he is not responding to you in this world, he is probably responding to someone in the imaginary world.","author":"Heenashree Khandelwal","tags":["imaginary-world","imagination","parallel-universe","parallel-universes","real-world","respond","writer","writer-on-writing","writers"],"id":21894,"author_id":"Heenashree+Khandelwal"},{"text":"Tests and persecutions will eventually lead to deliverance from bondage and make us stronger if we respond right to them.","author":"Sunday Adelaja","tags":["bondage","deliverance","lead","persecutions","respond","right","stronger","tests"],"id":93817,"author_id":"Sunday+Adelaja"},{"text":"When you react, you let other control you. When you respond, you are in control.","author":"Bohdi Sanders","tags":["bohdi-sanders","control","control-issues","control-to-bullies","control-your-thoughts","control-yourself","controlling-your-emotions","react","reaction","reactive","respond","responding","responding-to-bullies","responding-to-people","response"],"id":106983,"author_id":"Bohdi+Sanders"},{"text":"When change happens, you have a choice for how you are going to respond. You can either lose your composure and react impetuously or use the event or situation as a learning opportunity to shift your mindset and respond appropriately. Begin to notice your responses when changes occur and do your best to choose a breakthrough over a breakdown.","author":"Susan C. Young","tags":["change","communication","empowerment","flourishing","mindset","optimism","personal-growth","positive-psychology","resilience","respond","self-help","self-improvement","speaker-susan-young","success","thrive-in-times-of-change","www-susanspeaks-com"],"id":144981,"author_id":"Susan+C.+Young"},{"text":"Even if you feel wronged, respond right.","author":"Carlos A. Rodriguez","tags":["forgive","forgiveness","respond","respond-right","right"],"id":146162,"author_id":"Carlos+A.+Rodriguez"},{"text":"The main way people waste time is by complaining of their past wasted time. Leaders respond even if it seems to be late.","author":"Israelmore Ayivor","tags":["complain","complaining","complaint","complaints","food-for-thought","israelmore-ayivor","late","leader","leaders","leadership","people","personal-development","respond","responsibility","time-is-money","time-killers","waste","waste-time"],"id":155415,"author_id":"Israelmore+Ayivor"},{"text":"We have absolutely no control over what happens to us in life but what we have paramount control over is how we respond to those events.","author":"Viktor E. Frankl","tags":["control","goodness","life","respond","strength-through-adversity"],"id":157789,"author_id":"Viktor+E.+Frankl"},{"text":"Men and women that don’t respond with solution to the challenges of the era are human biomasses.","author":"Sunday Adelaja","tags":["challenge","era","respond","solution"],"id":172167,"author_id":"Sunday+Adelaja"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":38,"pages":4,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}