{"quotes":[{"text":"We are sometimes astounded by the behavior of emotional outlaws, as they act in line with their own standards, but proceed like bulls-in-a-china-shop, create one heck of a mess in their living environment and bring about shocking disturbing dissensions, ever since their inner construction clashes with our emotional architecture. (“Disruption”).","author":"Erik Pevernagie","tags":["act-in-line","architecture","astounded","behavior","bulls-in-a-china-shop","clash-with","create","disruption","dissension","disturbing","emotional","emotional-outlaws","inner-construction","living-environment","one-heck-of-a-mess","proceed","shocking","standards"],"id":1816,"author_id":"Erik+Pevernagie"},{"text":"Ladies, don't lower yourself to fight over a man or compete with other women for one. It's not classy, immature, and a waste of time. Instead, use that energy and time wisely by achieving goals and being a better you. This way, you attract someone better than a man that doesn't see the jewel that you are. Have standards always.","author":"April Mae Monterrosa","tags":["attraction","dating","energy","goals","jerks","men","relationships-advice","standards","women"],"id":7523,"author_id":"April+Mae+Monterrosa"},{"text":"Don’t lower your standards to keep anyone, if they’re not making you happy, it’s time to find someone who does.","author":"Robert Tew","tags":["love","relationship","self-worth","standards","value","worth"],"id":13121,"author_id":"Robert+Tew"},{"text":"Sit your affections, your heart and your precious time out on the doorstep without so much as making him ring the doorbell first, and he’ll treat you like a doormat. Make him work a little to get next to you, and he won’t stop til you’re his.","author":"Mandy Hale","tags":["dating","hard-to-get","knowing-your-worth","love","playing-hard-to-get","positive-thinking","relationships","self-worth","standards","the-single-woman"],"id":13541,"author_id":"Mandy+Hale"},{"text":"A civilization must be judged by its standards not by its expenditure.","author":"Amit Kalantri","tags":["amit-kalantri","amit-kalantri","civil","civilization","community","expenditure","human","humans","inspiration","inspirational","inspirational","judge","judgement","money","motivation","motivational","motivational","philosophy","social","society","spending","spending-money","standard","standards","urban","urbanisation","wisdom","wisdom"],"id":14215,"author_id":"Amit+Kalantri"},{"text":"A man generally lives up to what is expected of him.","author":"Henrietta C. Mears","tags":["expect","expectations","expected","life-life-to-the-fullest","living-life-to-the-fullest","man","standards"],"id":18335,"author_id":"Henrietta+C.+Mears"},{"text":"I love classic beauty. It’s an idea of beauty with no standard.","author":"Karl Lagerfeld","tags":["classic-beauty","creativity","fashion-designer","idea","image","life","look","love","standard","standards","taste","women"],"id":19604,"author_id":"Karl+Lagerfeld"},{"text":"Failure to put the relationship on a slower timetable may result in an act that was never intended in the first place. Another important principle is to avoid the circumstances where compromise is likely. A girl who wants to preserve her virginity should not find herself in a house or dorm room alone with someone to whom she is attracted. Nor should she single-date with someone she has reason not to trust. A guy who wants to be moral should stay away from the girl he knows would go to bed with him. Remember the words of Solomon to his son, “Keep to a path far from her, do not go near the door of her house” (Proverbs 5:8). I know this advice sounds very narrow in a day when virginity is mocked and chastity is considered old-fashioned. But I don’t apologize for it. The Scriptures are eternal, and God’s standards of right and wrong do not change with the whims of culture. He will honor and help those who are trying to follow His commandments. In fact, the apostle Paul said, “He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear” (1Corinthians 10:13). Hold that promise and continue to use your head. You’ll be glad you did.","author":"James C. Dobson","tags":["1corinthians","act","advice","alone","and","apostle","are","attracted","avoid","away","be","bear","bed","beyond","can","change","chastity","circumstances","commandments","compromise","considered","continue","culture","day","did","do","door","eternal","failure","first","follow","girl","glad","go","god-s","guy","he","head","help","her","him","hold","honor","house","important","intended","is","keep","knows","let","likely","may","mocked","moral","narrow","near","never","not","old-fashioned","path","paul","place","preserve","principle","proberbs","promise","reason","relationship","remeber","result","right","scriptures","she","should","single-date","slower","solomon","someone","son","sounds","standards","stay","tempted","those","to","trust","trying","use","very","virginity","wants","what-you","whims","who","whom","will","with","words","would","wrong","you","you-ll","your"],"id":22652,"author_id":"James+C.+Dobson"},{"text":"Evolving and bettering yourself is wonderful, but not if the set of standards and values you adopt smothers you into oblivion in the process.","author":"Bryant McGill","tags":["betterment","evolve","process","standards","values"],"id":25343,"author_id":"Bryant+McGill"},{"text":"One key quality of all global achievers is that, they keep improving day after day. They set standards that they keep surpassing year after year.","author":"Israelmore Ayivor","tags":["achieve","achievements","achievers","become-better","day","do-more","food-for-thought","global","global-achievers","improve","increase","israelmore-ayivor","key","quality","standard","standards","surpass","year"],"id":32794,"author_id":"Israelmore+Ayivor"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":126,"pages":13,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}