Top 500 Shannon L. Alder Quotes (2024 Update)
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251. “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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252. “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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253. “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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254. “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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255. “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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256. “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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257. “Ambition is putting a ladder against the sky.”

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

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

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

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263. “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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264. “Even the smallest amount of light can push back the shadows.”

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

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266. “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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267. “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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268. “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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269. “You won’t find peace with another, until you become one person – not two.”

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

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271. “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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272. “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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273. “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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274. “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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275. “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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276. “The more you rationalize, the more you move farther away from your authentic self.”

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277. “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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278. “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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279. “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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280. “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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281. “Learn to be a responder, not a reactor.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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289. “You might lose battles in your life time. However, every person that stands bravely on the side of justice, for people that have no voice, wins the true battle – Gods.”

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290. “You can rationalize anything, but that is not total honesty, only your version of it based on your upbringing and experiences outside of everyone else’s reality.”

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291. “People who made their dreams come true didn’t simply go after it. They changed the person they were, in order to fit the type of person that would live that type of dream.”

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

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

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

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

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297. “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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298. “Evolving is not arrogance. It is confidence that won’t be pulled backwards, by those that feel left behind.”

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299. “If soulmates did exist I am pretty sure they would never divorce you, dump you, kick you out, separate from you or make you an option. They would never give up because you meant that much to them.”

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300. “Fear and focus are the only two things standing between you and staying positive.”

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