Top 500 Shannon L. Alder Quotes (2025 Update)
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401. “You hid in my ink and guided my hand. You stained the pages with your silence as God wrote the words, “Be still.” Yet, my heart’s blindness could only write in loud hues of red, “I love you.”

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402. “Maybe, the lesson we can all learn from the inner sadness of a Narcissist is to see through our own fabrications, our own illusions so that we can be set free to be real once more.”

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403. “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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404. “Beauty fades and the body becomes old, but nothing can dull the shine of a woman with a good heart.”

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405. “Sometimes, when we pray for miracles what we are really praying for is God to do the work that we are too afraid to take action about. Often, the miracle resides in us and we need to simply “be all in”, rather than standing on the fence waiting.”

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

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407. “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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408. “Words matter, but what matters more than words is forgiveness and compassion.”

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409. “Every broken heart has screamed at one time or another, “I want to know why!”

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410. “When people don’t respect one another seldom is there honesty.”

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411. “Always have the guts to tell people the things they must hear. Because your words, no matter how difficult to say, might be the gift to their freedom. Maybe, your unfounded fears were never theirs. Because truth is how people move on.”

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412. “When people want to win they will go to desperate extremes. However, anyone that has already won in life has come to the conclusion that there is no game. There is nothing but learning in this life and it is the only thing we take with us to the grave – knowledge. If you only understood that concept then your heart wouldn’t break so bad. Jealousy or revenge wouldn’t be your ambition. Stepping on others to raise yourself up wouldn’t be a goal. Competition would be left on the playing field, and your freedom from what other people think about you would light the pathway out of hell.”

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413. “Are we not all actors playing parts in another person’s play?”

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

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415. “She was a collector of reflections looking for souls that could see deeply inside her soul.”

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416. “How you correct your mistakes will define your character and commitment to a higher power.”

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417. “Thoughts might not be solid and always obtainable, but they become your reality when emotions are attached to them. Over time, they become your wants and form an attachment to your behavior.”

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418. “Arrange your life in such a way that you don’t make choices based on fear of God, instead of love of God.”

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419. “I don’t fear the future. I fear letting it pass by me, without ever trying to make it mine.”

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420. “Sometimes we can spend too much time trying to fix our life that we forget to live.”

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421. “You have to recognize your inability to love before you can love the way God loves. His version of love is unfamiliar to the natural world; It is sacrificial and selfless and the most beautiful love you could experience.”

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422. “The truth is this: People that give you focus, energy and anger do care. If you were nothing then you wouldn’t be able to affect them. Behind every over reaction was first the thought that your opinion mattered and your respect was once of value or you wouldn’t get the response you got.”

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423. “It is through strength of character, not luck, do we form the predictable path of our future.”

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424. “All we have is “One Life”, so go for IT!”

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425. “When did trust ever become more important than love? Then God whispered, “You never did trust me. You gave up so many times, but I knew you still loved me.” In the wind his words echoed the answer – love was always more important.”

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426. “Worry does not keep it from raining tomorrow, but it does keep it from being sunny today.”

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427. “The only way to find peace is to face the unknown and trust that God has heard your tears.”

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428. “Sometimes, we are unable to break free because we are held captive by divine assignment because in our problem God has given us a unique purpose.”

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429. “Every romantic knows that love was never a noun; it is a verb.”

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430. “You really won’t know where your home is until you meet your own kind and realize you’re both playing the same game.”

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431. “If you want to keep your eye on Christ then you have to learn to SEE.”

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432. “The wise do not buy into other people’s perceptions of who they are and what they are capable of. Instead, they bypass a person’s public persona and see who they are in their highest expression. When you see actions taken with integrity, instead of words only, you will then know a soul’s worth.”

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433. “But here is the thing about the stars and all of it’s faults: We don’t understand everything about it, but we still love it’s beauty and wonder. We know of all the dangers, but we would still go there just because we wanted to touch the stars.”

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434. “When you heart knows it doesn’t belong there, it will continue to self sabotage your future, until you make the choice you wanted, but found a million excuses not to pursue.”

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435. “God doesn’t ordain stupidity.”

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436. “Impossible has always been a dare.”

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437. “The good part about having a mental disorder is having a valid reason for all the stupid things we do because of a damaged prefrontal cortex. However, the best part is seeing someone completely sane do the exact same things, without a valid excuse. This is the great equalizer of God and his little gift for all us crazy people to enjoy.”

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438. “If you don’t know what you value in life, then you won’t be able to make any meaningful decisions you can live with in the future.”

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439. “The purest love always reveals itself during acceptance.”

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440. “Empowered Women 101: A confident and faithful woman that loves herself and knows what she is capable of creating will attract the right man that will want to be part of that plan. God won’t bring her a man that she has to mold into what she wants him to be. A relationship is about two people helping one another grow, not just one.”

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441. “Sometimes you can’t agree with people because you would both be wrong.”

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442. “Happy people can look back and say they chose their life, not settled for it.”

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443. “God will bring you a gift. However, it is up to you to stop shaking the same box and expecting something wonderful will fall out of it again. After a while, you are going to break that box and it won’t remind you of that moment when it meant everything to you.”

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444. “What people can get you or do for you will never replace a person that will influence you to be a better person.”

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445. “What separates people who made their dreams come true is not setting goals to achieve a life the way they expect it to be, but how they expect to be, in order to achieve it.”

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446. “The meaning you apply to what has happened to you is your decision. There will be critics that have their version, but God didn’t call them to be your audience, someone else did.”

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447. “When you are offered a miracle take it. Otherwise, show God your tail so he can move on and give it to someone who doesn’t want to be in hell any more.”

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448. “Staying for your children is noble. However, staying with someone that teaches your children that “selective” evilness is okay is mental illness.”

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449. “The most miserable people are those that care only about themselves, understand their own drama and see only their own perspective.”

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450. “Judgement is always based on experience and sometimes you will battle a person’s history first, before commonsense will ever win the war.”

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