{"quotes":[{"text":"That’s because it is cruel, Obi-Wan,” Anakin snapped. “Cruel and unfeeling and unworthy of the Jedi Order.” He was so like Qui-Gon. This was like arguing with a ghost.","author":"Karen Miller","tags":["anakin-skywalker","jedi","military","obi-wan-kenobi","qui-gon-jinn","self-hatred","star-wars"],"id":1563,"author_id":"Karen+Miller"},{"text":"Humans, unlike Jedi, are powerfully afraid of rejection. We do not survive well alone, so humans as a species are especially vulnerable to thoughts that make us afraid the rest of the “tribe” will desert us to die a sad, lonely death.","author":"Stephen Richards","tags":["confidence","empowerment","jedi","motivational","self-confidence","self-help"],"id":16506,"author_id":"Stephen+Richards"},{"text":"Self-confidence is contagious.","author":"Stephen Richards","tags":["confidence","empowerment","jedi","motivational","self-confidence","self-help"],"id":19836,"author_id":"Stephen+Richards"},{"text":"Certain situations need a Jedi-like approach. One of these is when you are in a strange environment, usually where you feel unsure of yourself. You would be surprised how, if you walk with confidence and meaning, people will see this as a mark of confidence, yet you are perhaps shaking inside but outwardly you have the gait of a confident Jedi Knight.","author":"Stephen Richards","tags":["confidence","empowerment","jedi","motivational","self-confidence","self-help"],"id":27161,"author_id":"Stephen+Richards"},{"text":"An extrovert looks at a stack of books and sees a stack of papers, while an introvert looks at the same stack and sees a soothing source of escape.","author":"Eric Samuel Timm","tags":["books","christian","escape","extrovert","god","insight","introvert","jedi","love","papers","personality","source","stack","static"],"id":36297,"author_id":"Eric+Samuel+Timm"},{"text":"Jedi do not fight for peace. That's only a slogan, and is as misleading as slogans always are. Jedi fight for civilization, because only civilization creates peace. We fight for justice because justice is the fundamental bedrock of civilization: an unjust civilization is built upon sand. It does not long survive a storm.","author":"Matthew Woodring Stover","tags":["civilization","jedi","justice","peace"],"id":76932,"author_id":"Matthew+Woodring+Stover"},{"text":"This inner Being is all powerful, intelligent, indestructible and a storehouse of knowledge and wisdom. This inner core is truly who and what you are and is perpetually trying to connect with your outward self.","author":"Stephen Richards","tags":["confidence","confident","empowerment","jedi","motivational","self-confidence","self-confident","self-help","stephen-richards"],"id":95141,"author_id":"Stephen+Richards"},{"text":"There are two things essential if you want to enhance your Jedi self-confidence: 1/ belief that it is possible 2/ that self-help is the best help.","author":"Stephen Richards","tags":["confidence","confident","empowerment","jedi","motivational","self-confidence","self-confident","self-help","stephen-richards"],"id":101851,"author_id":"Stephen+Richards"},{"text":"Once you feel nice about yourself, you have planted the first seed to develop self-confidence.","author":"Stephen Richards","tags":["confidence","empowerment","jedi","motivational","self-confidence","self-help"],"id":120324,"author_id":"Stephen+Richards"},{"text":"The room fell silent. I frankly didn't know what I was going to do to help Eduardo, but I had the sense that he was right- no one else could help him, and without help, all that he'd done would crumble.Plus, I like being called his only hope. I felt like Obi-Wan Kenobi.","author":"Tod Goldberg","tags":["funny","humor","jedi","leia","spy","star-wars"],"id":124920,"author_id":"Tod+Goldberg"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":43,"pages":5,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}