Top 500 Shannon L. Alder Quotes (2023 Update)
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151. “Sometimes losses in life are not losses at all. They are simply the evidence God provides, in order to build a story so profound, that it will cause social change.”

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152. “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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153. “You will never say goodbye to the past, until you understand why the flashbacks haunt you.”

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154. “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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155. “You always had it in you to create miracles, but you forgot that it required you to do the opposite of what you are doing now.”

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156. “No connection can ever be broken if love holds tight at both ends.”

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157. “Your love life is insignificant when it comes to raising your children to be respectable human beings. The moment you see them suffer or lower their standards because of your selfishness, is the day you should realize that nothing matters more than them. You are not just the queen or king of your fairy tale. The real story of your life is the gift of time God gave you with them.”

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158. “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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159. “The only people that can’t handle the truth are those that suffer so much anxiety that they will live in denial, in order to prevent their illusion from being destroyed and feeling more anxiety.”

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160. “Sometimes, you will go through awful trials in your life and then a miracle happens – God heals you. Don’t be disheartened when the people you love don’t see things like you do. There will be Pharisees in your life that will laugh it off, deny that it happened, or will mock your experience based on righteousness they think you don’t possess. God won’t deny you a spiritual experience because you are not a spiritual leader. He loves everyone equal. The only people that really matter in life are the people that can “see” your heart and rejoice with you.”

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161. “You will never overcome your self righteousness if you continue to believe that God prefers you over other people. The moment you feel entitled is the moment you feel superior and distance yourself from a humble heart that believes God knows what he is doing.”

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162. “Vulnerability gives us freedom, power and connects us to a network of injured souls. It is through the art of being real that we can heal ourself and others.”

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163. “When you loved someone and had to let them go, there will always be that small part of yourself that whispers, “What was it that you wanted and why didn’t you fight for it?”

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164. “Not enough people realize that ADHD is not a disorder about loss of focus. It is a disorder of loss of emotional control, which is triggered by outside influences, self-esteem and our interpretation of events. Whether this is positive or negative it triggers us to hyper focus on what consumes our thoughts. Staying positive is critical and distancing oneself from hurtful people is essential, in order to live a life with purpose.”

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165. “The empty spaces of your soul are the ones you search for, pray for and want so desperately to be filled. They are also the spaces that will never be filled, until you are ready to do something you have never done.”

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166. “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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167. “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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168. “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.”

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169. “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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170. “A paradox is a storm that rains on itself.”

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171. “Happiness is always on the other side of being teachable.”

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172. “The number of chances you give someone doesn’t tell the world how loving you are without telling them how desperate you are to believe they care as much as you. True love resides in the first chance, stupidity in the second, opportunists in the third and scoundrels in the fourth.”

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173. “You can’t always expect people to apply your wisdom when they didn’t use wisdom before they found themselves knee deep in their version of justice.”

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174. “Blame doesn’t empower you. It keeps you stuck in a place you don’t want to be because you don’t want to make the temporary, but painful decision, to be responsible for the outcome of your own life’s happiness.”

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175. “Dignity is never silent. It has a voice, heart and soul. Truth and courage is its foundation. It will stand against the masses and speak the truth. Because every great person has always done what others found fear in doing.”

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176. “The most important quality in the man you decide to marry should be the ability to make you laugh. Beauty fades, careers end, money comes and goes, religions change, children grow up and move away, spouses get sick, struggles happen, family members die, senility sets in when your older, but the ability to make you giggle every day is the most precious gift God can give you to get through all of it.”

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

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178. “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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179. “The devil lives in the shadow of subtle things – those things people keep hidden from others. They reside in the lies they tell themselves, in order to justify their pain or fear. It is the slight, the dig, the silence and the unspoken truth that we minimize to a passive aggressive status, as if it were a lesser evil. Integrity is not subtle. It speaks loudly, so everyone can hear and be healed. It is something you will never have to search for because it is seen and felt.”

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180. “We live in a world that has so many people striving to look normal to a bunch of people that are abnormal, in order to be accepted. What is normal is realizing that being accepted comes at a price that robs the world of the uniqueness that God has created you to be every time you minimize your personality to make someone like you.”

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181. “Realize that narcissists have an addiction disorder. They are strongly addicted to feeling significant. Like any addict they will do whatever it takes to get this feeling often. That is why they are manipulative and future fakers. They promise change, but can’t deliver if it interferes with their addiction. That is why they secure back up supply.”

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182. “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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183. “Leave a legacy of love, not a legacy of fear.”

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184. “Empowered Women 101: A confident woman doesn’t make her whole life purpose her man. She understands that he is her counter part to achieving whatever she is to accomplish on this earth with the blessings and talents God has given her. He is part of the plan, not the whole plan.”

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185. “Behind every angry soul is a wounded child that just wanted you to love them for who they are.”

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186. “It doesn’t matter how much you have in common with someone, how much you could help them spiritually grow, or even how much you love them. If you can’t help feed their most important need then you will always be pouring water into a well that can’t stay full on its own.”

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

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188. “Your enemies don’t have a chance when your spirit knows how to run, swim and fly beyond the evil they carry within them.”

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189. “We are all lies waiting for the day when we will break free from our cocoon and become the beautiful truth we waited for.”

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190. “The right man in your life will fly across the world to say hello, instead of saying goodbye.”

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191. “The most glorious moment you will ever experience in your life is when you look back and see how God was protecting you all this time.”

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192. “Empowering Women 101 – A strong women knows that cheating isn’t a mistake; it’s a choice. The choice was made long before you found out.”

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193. “Distance and time might keep people apart, but the heart and mind will always stay connected by memories, miracles and the power of two unlikely souls that were destined to meet.”

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

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195. “You will never change, unless you are honest with yourself or you are forced to be authentic by someone that was honest with him or herself.”

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196. “Whether you deny your wounds or see them clearly, they bring a great source of power because they lived in the same place as your heart.”

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197. “Your dignity can be mocked, abused, compromised, toyed with, lowered and even badmouthed, but it can never be taken from you. You have the power today to reset your boundaries, restore your image, start fresh with renewed values and rebuild what has happened to you in the past.”

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198. “At any point God can change his plans for your life when he decides your life purpose needs to be protected.”

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199. “There are many types of marriage relationships and all of them can work, but none is sadder than the one that doesn’t represent peace in your heart.”

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200. “When you meet a dark angel don’t you ever for one minute believe they are bad because they have faced the worst demons and lived to guide you through yours. It really isn’t an easy job they have been asked to do, but then neither was standing on the front line during the war in heaven.”

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