Top 500 Shannon L. Alder Quotes (2025 Update)
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251. “Empowered Women 101: The moment you ignore bad behavior, in order to win a person’s affection you have not won anything, but a person that has behavioral problems. If you couldn’t fix their behavior before you won him, why could you fix him now?”

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252. “You can’t selectively numb your anger, any more than you can turn off all lights in a room and still expect to see the light.”

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

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255. “Denial is the way people handle what they cannot handle.”

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256. “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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257. “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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258. “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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259. “Having dignity doesn’t require you to fall out of love with someone. You can love someone your entire life and not been in their life. It simply means you won’t allow their actions or inactions to guide your future. The moment you feel derailed from your life purpose, in limbo or have to sell your worth, you have crossed over from love to desperation.”

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260. “When you find love you will know. It will be the one thing worth waiting for.”

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261. “Sometimes your inability to let go has nothing to do with real love and everything to do with what that person represents in your life. Why do you give them so much importance? Why do you believe that God doesn’t love you enough that he would not bring someone else into your life? Why do you put up with less than you deserve?”

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262. “God doesn’t call us to mediocrity. He calls us to a greater standard that doesn’t teach us to tear people down to reach him, but to lift others up. Be the type of person that when people walk away from you, they know who you represent!”

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263. “Anyone can fail at something they really don’t want. What really takes courage is going after something you want and then failing. There is more fulfillment in life knowing that you tried, rather than settled without a fight.”

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

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266. “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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267. “Even the smallest amount of light can push back the shadows.”

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

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269. “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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270. “Empowering Women 101: Every woman thinks they are the special person that was forordained to change a man. Do you really think you are better than all the women that tried? Don’t marry someone with the arrogant thought your spirituality will magically transform people. Instead, live in such a way that you don’t have to change or convince anyone of your worthiness.”

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

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272. “The only thing sadder than unrequited love is being in a relationship where there is unrequited love.”

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273. “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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274. “There is no end to the things you don’t understand. The mind will search for a lie to give it an answer you can understand, but one song at the right time will challenge what you accept.”

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275. “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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276. “You are not your past. You are the warrior that rose above it to become the example of someone who didn’t survive, but thrived in creating the most beautiful last chapter of their life.”

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277. “Some women are built by the fire. Yet, there are some that are the FIRE!”

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278. “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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279. “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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280. “God will always deliver the truth when you have enough faith to believe in miracles.”

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281. “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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282. “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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283. “When a small group of people come together to relive the Salem witch hunts, God cries. For if anything is sorrowful to God, it is evil done in his name. When you find out you were not given the truth, how will you live with yourself?”

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284. “It is not the monsters we should be afraid of; it is the people that don’t recognize the same monsters inside of themself.”

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285. “The people that understand you the most are not always the people you call family. Often, it is the person that has traveled a parallel road because they have seen the same scenery in life and can comment on the view.”

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286. “Chasing a man is not winning. The only thing you win is the loss of your dignity. Confidence is knowing your value, instead of expecting a man’s love to provide you with value.”

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287. “Learn to be a responder, not a reactor.”

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

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289. “It is not the words or the actions you should trust, rather the pattern.”

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290. “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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291. “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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292. “Guilt is a lazy feeling that takes no action; the wings of integrity are the only thing that sets it free.”

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293. “You don’t have to apologize for loving someone or wanting a life that no longer fits your blueprint. The beginning phase of reclaiming your life always starts with apologizing to yourself, then apologizing to others for wasting their time because of your fear based decisions. The truth is when we eliminate fear we often find the real path we were meant to be on.”

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294. “Anyone can possess, anyone can profess, but it is an altogether different thing to confess.”

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295. “Take the high road. People will rise up to join you or fall out of sight.”

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296. “You won’t find peace with another, until you become one person – not two.”

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297. “Don’t do the right thing for the wrong reasons. It is the “why” that keeps us committed to our choices and defines our character.”

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298. “Empowering Women 101: Know the difference between real love and a person that is with you because it is easy and convenient. A real woman doesn’t live in the fantasy that he just all of a sudden knew you were the one and no one else believes that either. Be willing to settle and accept the situation or work on it. However, don’t sit in denial and pretend going through hell in a relationship was required before he saw your worth. He should have known from the beginning.”

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

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

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