Top 500 Shannon L. Alder Quotes (2023 Update)
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251. “While you were busy trying to prove God stands behind you, God was before me lighting the trail, so he could lead us both.”

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252. “When the person you love can’t see your love for them beneath the painful things you say when they reject you, remember this: Love is blind.”

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253. “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.”

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254. “Timing is only lack of enough emotions.”

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255. “Every broken heart has screamed at one time or another: Why can’t you see who I truly am?”

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256. “There comes a time in your life when you can no longer put off choosing. You have to choose one path or the other. You can live safe and be protected by people just like you, or you can stand up and be a leader for what is right. Always, remember this: People never remember the crowd; they remember the one person that had the courage to say and do what no one would do.”

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257. “You will never accept gratitude as a solution to your problems, until you have reached the last stage of grief – acceptance.”

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258. “Gratitude was never a noun; it’s secretly a verb. It is not a place you accept defeat, settle in for broken dreams or call it the best life will get. Gratitude is getting out of laziness, self pity, denial and insecurity, in order to walk through that door God has been holding open for you this entire time.”

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259. “Never speak unless you can improve upon the stupidness of people’s silence.”

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260. “The day your soul has died is the day you don’t care about anyone’s pain, unless it builds you up or makes you richer.”

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261. “Empowered Women 101: A man doesn’t have to put down other women to prove his love for you. In fact, why would you teach him to be less than Christlike, in order to show his devotion? Real women don’t need the people in their life to lower others, in order to raise them up.”

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262. “Your heart will always go where your mind wanders.”

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263. “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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264. “You can’t live in your mind and expect those dreams to become real, without the work. Reality requires actions that might feel scary, but that is what is required if you want to find true love. Don’t expect it to come and rescue you. You have to rescue yourself.”

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265. “Unhappiness comes from living the life of two people – the one people want you to be and the one you want to be.”

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266. “When you can’t escape your mind then God is telling your heart to catch up. Fight for the balance you need.”

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267. “The people meant to be in your life will look inside, not just stare at the pretty bow on the box.”

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268. “We are all daughters of God in various stages of construction.”

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269. “Grace will meet you in the valley, and her song will carry you home on the wind to another sky filled with ethereal beauty unfolding and love everlasting.”

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270. “It is so simple, yet so hard for some people to do. If you want someone out of your life then you and only “you” must tell him or her to leave. This can only be done by you. Otherwise, your silence shouts, “I am undecided.” When other people get involved it sends mixed signals. If only more people would be so bold, hearts would not linger so long.”

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271. “Never settle on a life you don’t want when God is trying to give you a better life.”

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272. “Extraordinary change can happen in your life, but it will take extraordinary people, extraordinary courage and extraordinary faith to believe that this won’t be a repeat of your past.”

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273. “I would fight every angel between us until God said, “Yes.”

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274. “Despite our disapproval with what God allows us to endure, he still remains the same God that is not interested in our convenience, as much as our character.”

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

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276. “This world is not here for you; you are here for it.”

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277. “The problem will never be diversity, the challenging of tradition or the one person that questions the way life should be. The person that shows the world that this is wrong, there is a perspective you didn’t consider, this is worth fighting for and being different is a blessing, will always be the solution for change.”

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278. “Every storm is a classroom and every person a lesson or teacher.”

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279. “Never give up and never give in. The truth always finds a way to be told.”

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280. “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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281. “People with anxiety and trust issues find themselves drawn to people of consistency because they feel safe with someone who is predictable. However, that doesn’t cure their problem. The anxious person still remains the same because anxiety is a wave that crashes on the shore every time an unpredictable circumstance challenges their expectations and comfort zone.”

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

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283. “What lies between where you are and where you want to be sometimes requires traveling through the Twilight Zone.”

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284. “If your children know who God is they will know who they are, regardless of where you or they call home.”

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285. “Empowered Women 101: Empowered women never live the life they wouldn’t want for their daughter. They teach them what self respect looks like.”

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286. “Gratitude can’t grow love higher than regret.”

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287. “Doing evil to another person doesn’t prove your love and loyalty to another person; it proves your significant other wants you to walk away from the light because they are lonely living in the dark.”

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288. “When you really want something, you will give up a million times, but your heart keeps taking you back to the starting line.”

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289. “A thorn in your side will drive you to find someone or thing to remove it. Therefore, don’t hate your enemies. Thank them. Without them, you wouldn’t have traveled as far in your life to find peace and happiness.”

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290. “If you have to make a daily choice to be in a relationship then you are married to the past, not the person.”

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291. “I am not a human being. I am a human BEING. Just be.”

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292. “The question isn’t who will be with me in life, rather how will I create the ending I am proud of?”

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293. “Life is always a series of encounters that demand you prove your love.”

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294. “The only man worth having in your life is one that would never let you walk away.”

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295. “You can’t turn love off like a light switch. If you could it wouldn’t be love. It is something that you keep on, until the bulb burns out or someone replaces it.”

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296. “You will never get to your destination on time if choose to walk two paths through life.”

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297. “It is a wonderful thing to be liked by a stranger, but without respect it is pointless. It is like pulling the pedals off a rose and throwing the stem at the person you like. It’s creepy, but had good intentions that suddenly experienced some strange form of verticillium wilt, during the climate change of their mood.”

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298. “Ironically, the only way to see clearly is to stand at a distance. You might be focused, but that doesn’t mean you are seeing correctly. Sometimes, you have you to grab the camera from the idiot taking all the shots in your life because they don’t realize the lens is dirty.”

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299. “If someone is not spiritually present during a time when you need their help, then how will their physical presence make a difference?”

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300. “Your mind is the voice for your heart.”

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