{"quotes":[{"text":"There is a fine line between compassion and a victim mentality. Compassion though is a healing force and comes from a place of kindness towards yourself. Playing the victim is a toxic waste of time that not only repels other people, but also robs the victim of ever knowing true happiness.","author":"Bronnie Ware","tags":["compassion","happiness","victim-mentality"],"id":24427,"author_id":"Bronnie+Ware"},{"text":"Feminism...Is not 'women as victims' but women refusing to be victims.","author":"Gloria Steinem","tags":["feminism","feminist","gloria-steinem","radical-feminism","victim-blaming","victim-mentality","victimhood"],"id":25387,"author_id":"Gloria+Steinem"},{"text":"Why did this keep happening? Why her? Perhaps there was some pheromone certain people omitted, perceivable only on a wavelength unique to those individuals who preyed on them.","author":"Nenia Campbell","tags":["life","life-and-living","life-lessons","predators","prey","psychological","psychology","victim","victim-mentality"],"id":38684,"author_id":"Nenia+Campbell"},{"text":"How would your life be different if…You stopped validating your victim mentality? Let today be the day…You shake off your self-defeating drama and embrace your innate ability to recover and achieve.","author":"Steve Maraboli","tags":["action","drama","inspirational","life","self-empowerment","victim-mentality"],"id":40992,"author_id":"Steve+Maraboli"},{"text":"Where I had felt a victim, I had become a determiner by recognizing I had choices. When considering a purchase, I stopped saying, 'I can't afford it,' and started saying, 'That's not where I want to spend that amount of money.","author":"Oriah Mountain Dreamer","tags":["choices","money","power","purchases","victim","victim-mentality"],"id":87278,"author_id":"Oriah+Mountain+Dreamer"},{"text":"I am not a victim. No matter what I have been through, I'm still here. I have a history of victory.","author":"Steve Maraboli","tags":["history","inspirational","motivational","success","victim-mentality","victory"],"id":111041,"author_id":"Steve+Maraboli"},{"text":"When you can truly understand how others experience your behavior, without defending or judging, you then have the ability to produce a breakthrough in your leadership and team. Everything starts with your self-awareness. You cannot take charge without taking accountability, and you cannot take accountability without understanding how you avoid it.","author":"Loretta Malandro","tags":["accountability","authentic-leadership","self-awareness","victim-mentality"],"id":113496,"author_id":"Loretta+Malandro"},{"text":"When you choose to act on your problems, you cease to be a victim of circumstance and become a force of change; that's when you transition to not only being a survivor, but to being a leader or hero too, and an inspiration to those still in the victim's mindset.","author":"Innocent Mwatsikesimbe","tags":["action","change","inspirational","leadership","problems","survivor","victim-mentality"],"id":126351,"author_id":"Innocent+Mwatsikesimbe"},{"text":"This [ban bossy] campaign is indicative of one of the main problems with feminism today -- the idea that women are victims in need of more and more special protection.","author":"Karin Agness","tags":["anti-feminism","bossy","feminism","liberalism","victim-mentality"],"id":129026,"author_id":"Karin+Agness"},{"text":"If what you are able to give to others, in this life, is only proportionate to what you received from people in your past— it only means one thing. You are a victim of life's circumstances, a direct and utter equivalent of what has been done to you. Rise above and become more! Be better than what happened to you.","author":"C. JoyBell C.","tags":["becoming-better","becoming-more","inspirational-life","inspirational-living","rising-above-your-past","victim-mentality","wisdom"],"id":138739,"author_id":"C.+JoyBell+C."}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":32,"pages":4,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}