Top 500 Shannon L. Alder Quotes (2025 Update)
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301. “When you live with dignity no man will ever take it. Live without it and every boy will steal it.”

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

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

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

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

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307. “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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308. “Be patient and believe in your future. God is already there and is preparing a way.”

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

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

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

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

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

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316. “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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317. “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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318. “My love has no boundaries and is bound by no rules, except one: Love all of me and I will love all of you.”

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319. “Being a good person doesn’t mean you fit the life of every person you meet.”

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320. “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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321. “If you want to heal your heart surround yourself with people that won’t tell you hating other people is how you get over being hurt. Surround yourself with people that will tell you to be more like Christ and reach out to those you don’t understand or are offended by. Bitter insecure and anxious people will tell you everything you need to hear to help you move on, but very little of it will be the true teachings of Christ.”

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322. “If you truly loved someone you won’t become their enemy. You will become their guardian angel.”

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323. “Have you ever thought that the battle you are in was never a lesson, but a test? Will you choose your comfort, ego and feelings or will you choose to prove your love of Christ by humbling your heart and seeing that the solution was always the one thing hardest for you to do – giving instead of receiving?”

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324. “If you chase anything in life chase the things that get you excited about living. Chase the things that give you hope, happiness and a glimpse of a better life. Chase the things that make you want to be a better person. Chase the things that inspire you to think, create and live joyfully. Chase the things that reinforce in your soul that you can make a difference. Chase the things that make you want to transform your heart from selfish to selfless. When you chase that kind of storm you are chasing rainbows.”

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325. “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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326. “True self confidence happens when you stop blaming others for not seeing what you love about yourself. Not everyone has the same list of needs.”

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

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328. “Your ability to see will never broaden when you only see yourself.”

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329. “Don’t beg for approval or expect respect. Respect comes from within and your choice to allow people to take it from you, by how you teach them to treat you.”

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330. “Grief is just love with no place to go.”

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331. “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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332. “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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333. “Fear and focus are the only two things standing between you and staying positive.”

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

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336. “Courage can’t exist without action. Anything else is a lion without his roar.”

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337. “Never believe someone cares for you because of other people’s reactions. Sometimes you have to drown out the noise from the crowd, in order to figure out if there is a song playing between the two of you or simply annoying static that you thought was a tune.”

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338. “Truth and facts are woven together. However, sometimes facts can blind you from seeing what is actually going on in someone’s life.”

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339. “Don’t talk yourself into falling in love with someone. Either, you are in love or you are not. True love is not a choice. It is something you know in your heart when all guilt, doubt and fear are removed.”

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340. “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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341. “Often what people don’t say or leave out, tells the real story.”

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342. “Mental illness is not a fraternity or a social club for like minds. It is its own religion to each person that has it. Their mind is their pastor, their feelings are their scriptures and their delusions are their own bible story. To break them free, is to break their faith in signs. That is why so many feel lost.”

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343. “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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344. “Commitment is the foundation of focus.”

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345. “When you believe you have lost your power and control nothing will ever seem easy or simple.”

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

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347. “Never stand in the way of letting God use people’s actions, in order to solve a greater issue in the world.”

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348. “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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349. “The biggest battles you face in love are the battle to know your worth and the battle to know when your boundaries need to be protected.”

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

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