Shannon L. Alder Quotes

There is nothing more dangerous to the adventurous spirit than a secure future that can predict the same sun on every horizon because they only see the same view.

You are not your past. You are the warrior that rose above it to become the example of someone who didn't survive, but thrived in creating the most beautiful last chapter of their life.

If God didn't want me to cross boundaries, then he wouldn't have made me a writer.

Every writer dreams about the day they can step into their fiction and wander its hallways.

God is the creator of all good plot twists!

The best stories are the ones with the unexpected plot twists that no one would have guessed, even the writer.

Never underestimate the woman that holds God's pen.

You can be broken into a dozen shattered pieces and still heal the world because service has its own medicine--hope.

Never settle on a life you don't want when God is trying to give you a better life.

Empowered Women 101: Happiness is something that you establish before a relationship. It is not the relationship that establishes it first.

Set the standards for what you expect of people and the correct ones will join your cause.

Love is proved the moment you let go of someone because they need you to.

It doesn't matter who said it, as long as it changed you.

If you truly loved someone you won't become their enemy. You will become their guardian angel.

I have found so many angels trapped inside undisputed jargon that I find myself digging at the words, in order to release them, from the books that unfairly captured their soul.

When you’re given the gift of truth, you spend a lot of time trying to tone it down because it is already offensive enough.

Nobody knows what God's plan is for your life, but a whole lot of people will guess for you if you let them.

You will know it is love when the need can't be met by yourself or God.

The biggest lie women tell themselves about men: When I get what I want, I will be happy.

Madness is loving the unsolvable puzzle of your soul and replacing the lost pieces with my own.

A relationship run by rules, instead of love is a relationship that is on the road to failure.

The problem with this generation is they are so quick to define who they are in the process of searching. It is their need for immediate acceptance that keeps them from exploring further.

When you have the courage to follow your talents into the dark unknown places they lead, often God will send angels to light your way.

You know you have found your life mission when you say, “I dare you to try and take this away from me.

Heroes are not made. They are born out of circumstances and rise to the occasion when their spirit can no longer coexist with the hypocrisy of injustice to others.

Never be ashamed of who you are. True shame always belongs to the person that enjoys being ashamed of who you are.

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

How you react doesn’t tell a person about your character, as much as it does your fear or God's fire. Which is it?

Some women are built by the fire. Yet, there are some that are the FIRE!

Never speak unless you can improve upon the stupidness of people's silence.

True self confidence happens when you stop blaming others for not seeing what you love about yourself. Not everyone has the same list of needs.

Empowered Women 101: Confident women know the difference between being a meal ticket and being the meal.

If you have to convince someone that you are their soulmate then you didn't realize the thousand other guys applying for the job.

Don't beg for approval or expect respect. Respect comes from within and your choice to allow people to take it from you, by how you teach them to treat you.

Be honest with who you are, what you want and how you want to be treated. Boundaries only scare off the people that were not meant to be in your life.

That is who I was yesterday. Today I walk with God.

A life out of balance is a person that doesn’t believe happiness can be achieved now, or in the future. It is as fleeting as the wind.

Worry is like a roller coaster ride that you think will take you somewhere, but it never does.

Conformity begins the moment you ignore how you feel for acceptance.

If you're stressing over happiness, you're doing it wrong!

When you only know your faults and failures, you allow yourself and others to downgrade your dreams and belittle your wants.

If you live life on your own terms it shouldn’t feel like a jail cell.

Never chase a person that doesn't know your worth because the moment you catch him you will always feel you were never good enough.

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.

The only real conflict you will ever have in your life won’t be with others, but with yourself.

When you lose your ego, you win. It really is that simple.

The day I found my smile again was when I stood in my own storm and danced with my tribe.

Two people that have the same wants are two people that should be friends.

A best friend is someone that will stand in your storm and tell you the lightening is beautiful just to make you realize that your heart was worth getting soaked.

You can be bit in the leg by a rattlesnake and seek help to heal your wound, or you can run after it and let the poison take your leg. The same is true with love.