Top 500 Shannon L. Alder Quotes (2023 Update)
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51. “When relationships fail it is usually because someone chooses not to show up for the battle.”

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52. “When you take the high road you will see things that some people can’t.”

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53. “You have two choices in life: Live the life you want or live the life of acceptance.”

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54. “Hide yourself in God, so when a man wants to find you he will have to go there first.”

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55. “Don’t ever let anyone put out your light because they are blinded by it.”

— Shannon L. Alder

56. “God whispered, “You endured a lot. For that I am truly sorry, but grateful. I needed you to struggle to help so many. Through that process you would grow into who you have now become. Didn’t you know that I gave all my struggles to my favorite children? One only needs to look at the struggles given to your older brother Jesus to know how important you have been to me.”

— Shannon L. Alder

57. “You’re only a victim to the degree of what your perception allows.”

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58. “All great beginnings start in the dark, when the moon greets you to a new day at midnight.”

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59. “You had me at hello, goodbye and everything in between.”

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60. “We live with the scars we choose.”

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61. “Never be a slave of loyalty to unloyal people.”

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62. “When people don’t tell you the truth what they really are saying is they don’t value you or their relationship with you enough to be honest.”

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63. “Beauty is not who you are on the outside, it is the wisdom and time you gave away to save another struggling soul, like you.”

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64. “To love someone with all of your heart requires reaching them where they are with the only words they can understand.”

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65. “Silence is for fools. Communication is for leaders. Justice is for those brave enough to not stand another moment dealing with people that feel the solution to any problem is through cold indifference because of their lack of courage and insecurities.”

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66. “Don’t waste your time trying to provide people with proof of deceit, in order to keep their love, win their love or salvage their respect for you. The truth is this: If they care they will go out of their way to learn the truth. If they don’t then they really don’t value you as a human being. The moment you have to sell people on who you are is the moment you let yourself believe that every good thing you have ever done or accomplished was invisible to the world. And, it is not!”

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67. “Betrayal is an ironic thing. He or she betrays you then you betray yourself. You think you’re showing strength with your anger, but in reality you’re showing how much you still care.”

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68. “Chasing a person doesn’t give you value or build values in you. You earn your value by chasing morality and practicing dignity.”

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69. “Love may be blind but jealousy has 20-20 vision.”

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70. “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.”

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71. “Letting go of people doesn’t mean you never loved them. Sometimes, it is the greatest act of love because it teaches them to be accountable for how they treat people who care. Maybe, not now, but years from now, they will look back and realize that kindness is more than yelling casual suggestions to a person that is drowning in their sea of apathy.”

— Shannon L. Alder

72. “God will bring the right person into your life at the right time. Always believe that! If they are not there, God isn’t finished yet!”

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73. “The only way you will ever be free is when you decide you have had enough of living up to the standards other people force upon you through shame. Never wear their chains of judgment when they can’t break free of their own.”

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74. “I will never accept life for what it is. I don’t need an easy life. My road was meant to be hard because anything worth having in this world will take me to the very edge of myself. I will overcome everything I have ever gone through and will make my future the one God intended me to have. I will pick up the pieces of this pain and sculpt it into art. I am not ordinary and never was. I walk into my birthright as a queen with her head held high. I was born to do this!”

— Shannon L. Alder

75. “The best plot twists are the ones you didn’t expect.”

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76. “Anyone can have a friend, but the one that would walk in a storm to find you is all you will ever need.”

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77. “Living a life somewhere else in your mind is nothing more than being a prisoner where you are.”

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

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79. “Evil originates not in the absence of guilt; but in our effort to escape it.”

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80. “The journey of the mind always has longer to travel than the heart because dreams carry weight, while love makes you float.”

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81. “Praying for the people that hurt you may not change them, but it will change you.”

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82. “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.”

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83. “The only chains you should wear in life are the chains of commitment.”

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84. “It might look like your enemies are winning, but be ready God is about to flip the script.”

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85. “It takes a hell of a lot of courage to walk into your own story, but to be the hero of your own life you have to rescue yourself.”

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86. “When you think this pain is all you deserve, you are right. You are the only one that can decide how long you will walk in hell.”

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87. “Don’t ever get to the point where you can’t be taught because life is a classroom and everyone owns a pen.”

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88. “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.”

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89. “You can’t have the rainbow without the storm.”

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90. “Reality is a dream that someone was brave enough to conquer.”

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91. “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.”

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92. “It is not a person or situation that affects your life; it is the meaning you give to that person or situation, which influences your emotions and actions. Your choice is to change the meaning you gave it or to change your response, in order to create the outcome you want.”

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93. “Success is intentional.”

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

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95. “God has witnessed everything done to you. Those that love God will feel shame for what they did. Those that don’t... do not know God or have a concept of repentance or forgiveness.”

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96. “True love is not a question. It is an answer that you never have to spend a lifetime figuring out.”

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97. “You will never choose love greater than what you believe you deserve and what other insecure people tell your lack of self esteem to have faith in.”

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98. “A warrior doesn’t worry. He or she evaluates the situation, investigates the source, calculates the risks and benefits, formulates a plan then puts it into action.”

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99. “When you blame others, what you are really saying is what is inside of you can’t be fixed, so you have no control of your own happiness. Therefore, you have made the conscience choice to give focus and fuel to a bad situation that will take you nowhere and give you nothing, but ignorance and pain.”

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100. “Sometimes, the people that love you the most turn out to be the people you will trust the least.”

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