Shannon L. Alder Quotes

When you are no longer afraid is when you can be yourself.

We are all lies waiting for the day when we will break free from our cocoon and become the beautiful truth we waited for.

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.

There really is no sense in pretending to be normal. Just be you because the moment you do, weirder things happen. Crazy comes back into fashion and every woman has to go out and find her some.

Long standing hatred between a man and a woman is just unspoken attraction that has bruised egos.

History has shown us time and time again that you don't have to know someone to love them with all your heart.

I think more people would stay active in church, if they didn't get so offended by the actions of members. Sometimes, you have to view places of worship as free mental health clinics, in order to deal...

Unhappiness comes from living the life of two people--the one people want you to be and the one you want to be.

You will never change, unless you are honest with yourself or you are forced to be authentic by someone that was honest with him or herself.

Some of the most beautiful things worth having in your life come wrapped in a crown of thorns.

Pressure has the power to create a diamond, but it has to be the "right" pressure.

Family and friends become oppressors the moment they teach you that loyalty is more important than what is done to people outside your social circle. What they are really saying is this: Save yourself...

If you want peace in your life, you have to stop declaring war.

You will never let go of the past by ignoring the most painful thing the person you loved has done to you. When you begin to minimize it, second guess yourself and others, ignore it or even pretend it...

Hypocrisy/hi pakrise/ noun1. The moment you tell someone it is not important to be right, in order to look right to everyone else.

Most people are about as happy as their self confidence will allow them to be.

If they keep coming back to you, it isn't love. It is because you made yourself and easy option. The moment the thing they truly want becomes less difficult to obtain is when you will realize that you...

Design a life! Don't maintain it.

No one would have guessed that the jagged pieces of our soul fit the puzzle in this box. We were considered the left over remnants that had no place, except the picture we wanted to create together.

I don't understand women that call themselves a "bitch". It doesn't empower a woman. Rather, it reveals to everyone that you were deeply hurt at one time. Because of the pain your still carrying, you...