Shannon L. Alder Quotes

Addiction by any other name is love.

It is not until you find yourself lost in the silence that you will learn to let go because everyone has let go of you.

Choosing a mate is not a matter of can they do the job, rather will they. A partner of "potential" doesn't make for a happy marriage. Their actions have to be in line with your needs.

Learn the difference between a person that would have never given up on you and a person you pushed away.

Your tears are never invisible---there is always an insecure woman that lights up when you point them out.

Love has a way of making the sane insane and the insane normal.

Why would anyone want perfection when growth comes from flaws?

Hold onto the wings of angels that pass your way. They fly higher than any army that has none.

To be a strong and empathetic person always requires us to trust that God will send angels to the people's heart we tried to reach, but couldn't.

Insecure people only eclipse your sun because they’re jealous of your daylight and tired of their dark, starless nights.

If you choose to be fearless, then be fearlessly authentic not an imitation of someone you envy.

The price tag that you put on your soul will determine the people and circumstances in which you find yourself.

Acceptable hypocrisy is often called politeness.

There is nothing worse then being surrounded by a bunch of people telling you to do what is right, when they can't define that definition, without a lot of hatred and judgment behind it.

The reason everything falls apart around me, but I don’t is because my angels keep me standing up.

If you continue to dig the same hole in the same place in your life, eventually you will be standing in a grave.

That was the problem with love. It never happened on your terms, it happened on theirs.

What a trajedy to be a martyr for love, yet we worship the characters anyways because they remind us of how we struggled.

Sometimes the best gifts are the ones you can't get on your own.

Clarity and focus doesn’t always come from God or inspirational quotes. Usually, it takes your mother to slap the reality back into you.

Some of life's greatest wisdom comes from observing the lives of very lost people.

She was a collector of reflections looking for souls that could see deeply inside her soul.

While you were busy trying to prove God stands behind you, God was before me lighting the trail, so he could lead us both.

There will always be people afraid of the monsters in the night. They are usually the ones that look for them because they have proven they exist in themselves.

Mental illness is not something you misunderstand in this era. Get educated because bias is no different than racism.

He said, “If God lived on Earth people would stalk his Facebook page and leave nasty comments on his Pinterest site.” Then it sunk in- timing was everything and social media was the devil.

Religious guilt will never grow the kind of love you want in someone.

An encounter with God demands a response. An encounter with Satan demands your God's response.

We live with the scars we choose.

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.

You can’t control other people’s actions, but you can control who “thinks” they have control over you.

Empowered Women 101: If he has to destroy other people to raise your self esteem and level of trust then he is not a son of God and guess what your not a daughter of God for letting him do it.

To know your life purpose is to connect with a higher power.

You will never know love's depth, until it is gone.

If you spend your life over analysing every encounter you will always see the tree, but never the forest.

Outward beauty is the frame for the masterpiece of your soul.

The purpose of any healthy relationship is to find someone that will magnify your life's experiences, not tolerate it or become a spectator of it.

When someone you loved finds no flattery in the gift you gave them then you must ask yourself, "What was worth loving?

If you are hurting because they hurt then they are the ONE.

Life is the first gift, love is the second, and understanding the third.

The walls you put between yourself and other people doesn't just keep them away, it also keeps God away.

Happiness is always on the other side of being teachable.

Peace can only be achieved by a contrite spirit, open communication and tolerance.

Relationships with negative people are simply tedious encounters with porcupines. You don’t have the remote knowledge how to be close to them without quills being shot in your direction.

Gratitude can't grow love higher than regret.

You don’t need to wait for God to show up, in order to be rescued from your bad situation. God has been trying to get your attention for a really long time.

Respect should be found in your own heart and never demanded, sacraficed, begged for or negotiated. If you have to explain why you deserve it then you never had it.

An infinity with God has always been a circle, not a straight line past all your mistakes.

People that don’t move will never notice the chains they carry.

Love will drive you insane, but never let it drive you stupid or blind.