Shannon L. Alder Quotes

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...

Marriage is the beginning of love for your spouse, not the result of it.

If you put yourself in the emotion that you want from others, you are more likely to receive it.

The cure is as simple as this: Live your words and live your belief system.

Satan will tempt you with many things in life, but the most powerful is the temptation to be grateful for what you have, when it is not the best life God had to offer you.

You have two choices in life when it comes to truthful observations by others that anger you: You can be ashamed and cover it up by letting your pride take you in the extreme opposite direction, in or...

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...

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

Sometimes the one thing you need for growth is the one thing you are afraid to do.

When you least expect it is when the person you always dreamt of will finally show up.

Time doesn't heal all wounds, only distance can lessen the sting of them.

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...

People that have trust issues only need to look in the mirror. There they will meet the one person that will betray them the most.

The only people you have to look out for in life are the people that don't care about anything or anyone. These are the people that end up teaching your children.

The most important gift you can give your children is the importance of standing up to injustice. Children will remember moments spent with you. However, it isn't togetherness that creates humane pare...

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.

Acceptable hypocrisy is often called politeness.

People's behaviors are messages, not a diagnosis because I can no longer discern the world's version of insanity.

A person that doesn't know their worth will never know yours. Therefore, the longer you hang onto hope that they will finally see your worth is the moment you start to depreciate in value.

What if you were wrong? What if everything you ever believed was a lie? What if you missed your opportunity because you didn't know your worth? What if you settled on familiar, but God was trying to g...