Top 500 Shannon L. Alder Quotes (2025 Update)
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251. “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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252. “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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253. “Love will drive you insane, but never let it drive you stupid or blind.”

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254. “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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255. “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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256. “The cure is as simple as this: Live your words and live your belief system.”

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257. “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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258. “Ambition is putting a ladder against the sky.”

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

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

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263. “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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264. “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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265. “Some women are built by the fire. Yet, there are some that are the FIRE!”

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266. “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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267. “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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268. “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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269. “Never give up and never give in. The truth always finds a way to be told.”

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

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271. “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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272. “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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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. “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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275. “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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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. “Even the smallest amount of light can push back the shadows.”

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278. “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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279. “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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280. “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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281. “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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282. “Anyone can possess, anyone can profess, but it is an altogether different thing to confess.”

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

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

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286. “Always remember that you have been called worse things by better people.”

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287. “When you live with dignity no man will ever take it. Live without it and every boy will steal it.”

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288. “I don’t need to go to heaven or hell. I have been both places and always wanted more. I will settle for somewhere in between, so eternity never becomes dull and every miracle is something I never take for granted.”

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289. “Never underestimate the woman that holds God’s pen.”

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290. “The more you rationalize, the more you move farther away from your authentic self.”

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291. “Every talent you have is not wasted. It is there because of a reason and God will open that door when the right time comes along to use it.”

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292. “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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293. “I am not perfect, but if I looked perfect to everyone I must have been rocking imperfect perfectly to a few imperfect souls that seek imperfection vs. perfection, in an imperfect world where God asks us to seek perfection for our imperfect souls.”

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

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

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

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298. “Are we not all books waiting for someone to pick us up and read the pages that people missed?”

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299. “You won’t find angels in hell, only demons that know how to play with yours.”

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

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