Shannon L. Alder Quotes

Mental illness is not something you misunderstand in this era. Get educated because bias is no different than racism.

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.

While you were busy trying to prove God stands behind you, God was before me lighting the trail, so he could lead us both.

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

Some of life's greatest wisdom comes from observing the lives of very lost people.

Clarity and focus doesn’t always come from God or inspirational quotes. Usually, it takes your mother to slap the reality back into you.

Sometimes the best gifts are the ones you can't get on your own.

What a trajedy to be a martyr for love, yet we worship the characters anyways because they remind us of how we struggled.

That was the problem with love. It never happened on your terms, it happened on theirs.

If you continue to dig the same hole in the same place in your life, eventually you will be standing in a grave.

The reason everything falls apart around me, but I don’t is because my angels keep me standing up.

There is nothing worse then being surrounded by a bunch of people telling you to do what is right, when they can't define that definition, without a lot of hatred and judgment behind it.

Acceptable hypocrisy is often called politeness.

The price tag that you put on your soul will determine the people and circumstances in which you find yourself.

If you choose to be fearless, then be fearlessly authentic not an imitation of someone you envy.

Insecure people only eclipse your sun because they’re jealous of your daylight and tired of their dark, starless nights.

To be a strong and empathetic person always requires us to trust that God will send angels to the people's heart we tried to reach, but couldn't.

Hold onto the wings of angels that pass your way. They fly higher than any army that has none.

Why would anyone want perfection when growth comes from flaws?

Love has a way of making the sane insane and the insane normal.

Your tears are never invisible---there is always an insecure woman that lights up when you point them out.

Learn the difference between a person that would have never given up on you and a person you pushed away.

Choosing a mate is not a matter of can they do the job, rather will they. A partner of "potential" doesn't make for a happy marriage. Their actions have to be in line with your needs.

It is not until you find yourself lost in the silence that you will learn to let go because everyone has let go of you.

Addiction by any other name is love.

When dealing with critics always remember this: Critics judge things based on what is outside of their content of understanding.

The only chains you should wear in life are the chains of commitment.

Never be a slave of loyalty to unloyal people.

A broken soul doesn't invest in boundaries because the world has crossed them, without mercy.

If he loves you he will meet your effort.

Don’t water your testimony with your righteous expectations of church members. Their imperfection will disappoint you every time and cause you to leave every church you try to join.

Loyalty will always be found in the things you regret because it mattered.

I have always found the hardest mind to change is one that is religious.

Any woman of virtue won't be easy to come by. She will make you jump over hurdles to reach her.

You can never kill the spirit of an artist. They will always rewrite their resurrection and paint an eternal sunset with a blaze of orange that no one has seen before.

There is nothing spiritual about a marriage that uses guilt, blame, shame or religious manipulations to keep a relationship together.

It is hundreds of tiny threads of memories, which sew people together through the years. Despite, their mental separation they stay woven into that tapestry out of habit, emotion, obsession or fear.

To die old with a young mind is such a tragedy. Naiveness was never a blessing.

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

Cruelty is a language that the blind can see, the deaf can hear, and the heart feels forever.

Eternity has a way of letting us all grow up.

Buried emotions are caged nighthawks that have fallen in love with the moon. They don’t understand the sun because they were born with the darkness of shadows in their soul.

Loyalty is what you focus on and won't give up.

Have you ever considered that you shouldn't pray for God to deliver you from your enemies, rather deliver you from yourself so you can not hate them?

Blessed is a mother that would give up part of her soul for her children's happiness.

Women of dignity know when to stop expecting loyalty when he won't even give you honesty.

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.

People meant to be together will always take detours through pain, misunderstanding and pride, but some how they always drift back to the one thing that makes them feel alive.

Either, you are in love with someone or you're not. Fear is complicated, not love.

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