{"quotes":[{"text":"The victory is not to change the mind of the critic; it is to evaluate what you can learn and discard, yet still walk away with peace in your heart.","author":"Shannon L. Alder","tags":["confidence","critics","happiness","holding-on","peace","peace-of-mind","personal-opinions","positive-outlook","rolling-with-the-punches","staying-positive-university","triumph","weathering-hard-times"],"id":135105,"author_id":"Shannon+L.+Alder"},{"text":"The only real battle in life is between hanging on and letting go.","author":"Shannon L. Alder","tags":["adversity","battles","beginnings","blog","classes","freedom","friendships","future","hanging-on","happiness","joy","letting-go","life","life-coach","living-life-to-the-fullest","moving-on","past","pinterest","positive-outlook","problems","relationships","relationships-101","starting-over","staying-positive","staying-positive-university","stayingpositiveu-com","success","trials","website"],"id":203278,"author_id":"Shannon+L.+Alder"},{"text":"What separates people who made their dreams come true is not setting goals to achieve a life the way they expect it to be, but how they expect to be, in order to achieve it.","author":"Shannon L. Alder","tags":["beautiful-heart","blueprints","defining-yourself","ethics","finding-yourself","fulfillment","growing","growth","happiness","inner-strength","journey","joy","learning","lessons","lessons-of-life","life-course","life-map","moral-center","moral-compass","self-awareness","self-branding","self-change","self-love","self-realization","staying-positive-university","success","successful-people","values"],"id":212412,"author_id":"Shannon+L.+Alder"},{"text":"Life is as simple as these three questions: What do I want? Why do I want it? And, how will I achieve it?","author":"Shannon L. Alder","tags":["choices","decisions","goals","life-purpose-101","life-questions","priorities","questions","questions-in-life","simple-life","staying-positive-university"],"id":280973,"author_id":"Shannon+L.+Alder"},{"text":"The only real difficulty with becoming disciplined is when you buy into the notion that happiness comes at the price of sacrifice. The reality is this: Discipline becomes freedom when you are doing what you love.","author":"Shannon L. Alder","tags":["activism","adventures","attitude","choosing-peace","conviction-of-the-heart","creating-a-better-you","creating-miracles","creating-oneself","discipline","disciplined","enjoying-life","enjoyment","freedom","fun","goal-setting","goals","happiness","joy","motivation","not-surving-life","passion","passionate-living","play","positive-outlook","service","staying-positive-university","tyring-new-things"],"id":427593,"author_id":"Shannon+L.+Alder"},{"text":"Fear and focus are the only two things standing between you and staying positive.","author":"Shannon L. Alder","tags":["fear","focus","staying-positive","staying-positive-university","stayingpositiveu-com"],"id":475754,"author_id":"Shannon+L.+Alder"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":6,"pages":1}}