{"quotes":[{"text":"To resist a compulsion with willpower alone is to hold back an avalanche by melting the snow with a candle. It just keeps coming and coming and coming.","author":"David Adam","tags":["mental-health","mental-health-stigma","ocd","willpower"],"id":469,"author_id":"David+Adam"},{"text":"My hope fuels my determination to overcome any difficulty.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["adventure","adventure-travel","adversity","advice","believe-and-achieve","believe-in-yourself","christian","confidence","courage","daily-living","daily","despair-hope","determined-spirit","difficulties-of-life","educational-philosophy","educational","faith","fearless-bravery","fearless","hope-for-each-day","hope-for-the-hopeless","hope-lailah-gifty-akita","hope","inner-strength","inspirational","lailah-gifty-akita-affirmations","overcomer","positive","positive-thinking","self-confidence","self-determination","strength-and-courage","strength-of-will","troubles","uplifting","willpower"],"id":1671,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"},{"text":"Tis in ourselves that we are thus or thus. Our bodies are our gardens to the which our wills are gardeners.","author":"William Shakespeare","tags":["determination","motivation","self-confidence","willpower"],"id":1799,"author_id":"William+Shakespeare"},{"text":"You will succeed at the sacred time.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["education","encouragement","positive-thinking","sacred","self-study","spiritual","success","time","willpower"],"id":3276,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"},{"text":"Personal force, determined spirit and self confidence are your greatest self.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["achievement","capable","education","inspirational","motivation","positive-thinking","self-confidence","self-esteem","self-love","self-worth","success","upliftingment","willpower","you-can"],"id":4494,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"},{"text":"We have enough grace for everything.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["advice","ambition","answers-to-prayers","belief","believers-divine","christian","christian-living","daily-life","destiny","faith","fate","god","god-s-grace","grace-and-divine","inner-strength","inspiring","moments","praying","purpose","religion","religious-faith","shine-your-light","shining-star","spiritual","willpower","your-life"],"id":6132,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"},{"text":"What is now proved was once only imagined.","author":"William Blake","tags":["english-poet","inspirational","knowledge","willpower"],"id":7614,"author_id":"William+Blake"},{"text":"You may encounter many disappointments. Be strong. Tell yourself, “I am good enough, I will try again.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["achievers","capable","decision","defeat","determined-spirit","disappointment","education","encouragement","experience","failure","life","life-lessons","mind-power","mindset","motivation","pain","perseverance","persistence","positive","positive-thoughts","self-help","self-motivation","self-worth","strength","success","victory","willpower","winners-mentality","wise-words","you-can","your-life"],"id":8658,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"},{"text":"Instead of being frustrated by adversity, our mind focuses on the adventure of creativity with our thoughts. What a glorious paradise?","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["adversity","challenges","christian-life","creativity","determined-spirit","faith","fighting-spirit","healthy-living","hope","imagination","lailah-gifty-akita-affirmations","life","living","mindset","motivation","overcomer","positive","positive-thinking","spirituality","strength","strong-woman","willpower","wise-words"],"id":14483,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"},{"text":"A willing spirit, a determined effort.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["capable","determination","dont-quit","education","effort","encouragement","inspiration","learning","mind-power","motivation","never-give-up","perseverance","persistence","self-confidence","self-help","success","uplifting-thoughts","willingness","willpower","you-can"],"id":14805,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":241,"pages":25,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}