Top 500 Shannon L. Alder Quotes (2025 Update)
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101. “In the end, you will not see the physical beauty in others that caught your eye, but the fire that burned within them. This kind of beauty is the bonfire you had to attend.”

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102. “You will know you are in love when it doesn’t matter if you sit in heaven or hell with that special someone just as long as they can make you laugh, while you put out the fires.”

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103. “Dignity will only happen when you realize that having someone in your life doesn’t validate your worth.”

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

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105. “Imagine living with a scream inside you and that scream is yours. Now imagine no one hears it. That is what grief is.”

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106. “In a narcissist’s world you are not their one and only. You are an extension of that person and last place in their mind, while they secure back up narcissistic supply.”

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107. “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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108. “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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109. “And when they dusted my mind for your fingerprints they found yours.”

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110. “They say time heals and makes us forget, but what two people shared can never be erased.”

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

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

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

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116. “If you don’t find the right set of eyes to see through your bull, you will always be surrounded by friends that will tell you white lies because they like your company and don’t want to ruin the evening.”

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117. “Someone asked me, “Who hurt you so badly?” I replied, “my own expectations.”

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118. “You don’t walk away to prove your worth. You walk away because you allowed someone else to dictate your value and you found yourself believing it.”

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119. “Narcissists will never tell you the truth. They live with the fear of abandonment and can’t deal with facing their own shame. Therefore, they will twist the truth, downplay their behavior, blame others and say what ever it takes to remain the victim. They are master manipulators and conartists that don’t believe you are smart enough to figure out the depth of their disloyalty. Their needs will always be more important than telling you any truth that isn’t in their favor...”

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120. “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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121. “Every journey taken always includes the path not taken, the detour through hell, the crossroads of indecision and the long way home.”

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122. “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!”

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

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124. “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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125. “I am convinced that the jealous, the angry, the bitter and the egotistical are the first to race to the top of mountains. A confident person enjoys the journey, the people they meet along the way and sees life not as a competition.”

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126. “Your soulmate wasn’t suppose to be perfect. You were meant to see the cracks in her soul and fill them with what you have and she was meant to see yours. Together you would be complete.”

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127. “Sensitive people feel so deeply they often have to retreat from the world, in order to dig beneath the layers of pain to find their faith and courage.”

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128. “More often than not, you will never be judged by your intentions because the world can’t read minds and very few will know the heart of a person they have not given time to know personally.”

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129. “Don’t waste your time being what someone wants you to become, in order to feed their list of rules, boundaries and insecurities. Find your tribe. They will allow you to be you, while you dance in the rain.”

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130. “God has a way of picking a “nobody” and turning their world upside down, in order to create a “somebody” that will remove the obstacles they encountered out of the pathway for others.”

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131. “Empowering Women 101: If a normal man wants you he will let you know. You won’t have to guess. He will move mountains to bring you into his life. If he is abnormal he will string you along, drop a trail of crumbs and clues for you to follow, in order to keep you guessing. This type of man desires you, but doesn’t value you.”

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132. “The mind knows the truth when your heart denies what it feels. When you don’t feel safe to let people in, it is because you’re not ready to deal with the pain of honesty.”

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133. “There are so many things to regret in your lifetime, but loving someone is not one of them. You gave the purest part of your soul to someone else. It takes courage to risk your heart in a world where very few people take risks. The lesson of lost love is not found in regret. It is found in understanding how much love you truly are capable of. One day, the right person will comes along and you will recognize real love because their love will resemble something you once gave away.”

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134. “I existed on my own terms. I was different my entire life. Some called me divergent, wild, crazy, unpredictable and unconformed – an apostate to the rules of the majority. I called myself God’s creation and found purpose in the madness. When that day came, I didn’t allow other people to dictate how I should feel or act. I learned there was no shame in imperfection because history had shown being different had the power to change perspectives and eventually the world. This is when I realized that flaws had responsibility. This was the day that I learned I was truly BLESSED.”

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135. “The definition of hell is two people in a relationship that is starved for love and unable to fulfill that need.”

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

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138. “Remember, the village idiot was the spiritual man who built the ark and saved his family. Keep being you and never give up marching to the beat of your own drum!”

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

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140. “Leave a legacy of love, not a legacy of fear.”

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141. “You will never know the purest love you can give a person, until the day you hurt because they hurt. You genuinely want them to succeed in life and be free from all the chains that keep them from being happy, whether you are in their life or not.”

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142. “Sometimes, it is how you shine in the darkness during other people’s misery that is remembered more than anything you could have said or done when you have suffered just as much.”

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143. “L I V E or E V I L – to Live life is to spell forward. To not live life is to spell backwards.”

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144. “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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145. “Sometimes the truth is so deep that it takes someone with the same depth to see it, while others can’t see past the level they have never moved from.”

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146. “You will know the person who was meant to be in your life by how they make you feel spiritually. If they live in such a way that inspires you to become better then you have found someone you can evolve with vs. raise.”

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

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148. “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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149. “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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150. “Narcissists are consumed with maintaining a shallow false self to others. They’re emotionally crippled souls that are addicted to attention. Because of this they use a multitude of games, in order to receive adoration. Sadly, they are the most ungodly of God’s creations because they don’t show remorse for their actions, take steps to make amends or have empathy for others. They are morally bankrupt.”

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