T.W. Shannon Quotes

The daggers of silence last longer than anything ever spoken.

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

Those are the bad guys, right?”“Depends on who wins, I guess.

Are we not all actors playing parts in another person's play?

I'm not giving up my life. My life began when I met you.

Nothing changes until people decide to do the things they must, in order to bring about peace.

The true measure of a best friend is where they are when you “make” the biggest decision of your life, not where they were during the decision process.

Sometimes an outside perspective is the clearer perspective.

I saw something I could never forget. I saw lifetimes of acknowledgement, fear, wisdom, questioning, and understanding in a child's eye. It was the worst thing I would ever witness.

The journey is the mystery…the destination the answer. If you don’t have a happy ending yet, you have not finished reading the right book.

The goal for most people should not be to feel better, but to get better at feeling.

All of us at one point end face up in a ditch, but only a few will choose to look up at the stars and dream.

Apathetic people sit back and wait for things to get better before they move. Radical people make things get better, by how they move.

You can't write a poem until you live.

If a picture is worth a thousand words, how much for a poem?

Peace is the way, not the destination.

Do not except anything as love without truth because love and truth have always been best friends.

Ani saw herself clearly in that moment, as a face in darkness gains sudden dimensions in a flash of lightning - a young girl, a silly thing, a lapdog, a broken mare.

Humility is the only thing that can restore a relationship, when respect has been lost.

I’ve never been bothered with my conduct. I’ve only been bothered by people that don’t get it correct when they gossip about me.

Every person has a life mission to fulfill. Never attempt to destroy what God has put in another person to do. You don't know God's plans, but Satan will most certainly use you to stop his plans.

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

God is always trying to give blessings to us, but our minds are usually too full to receive them.

You were the poem I never knew how to write because no words could describe the wind you cannot see, but feel.

Long standing hatred between a man and a woman is just unspoken attraction that has bruised egos.

Music is the emotions that words can not express.

Sunshine is helpful for thinking. It warms up the brain cells.

If she could hate this much she sure as hell had loved.

Sometimes, lies were the same things as wishes. Sometimes, wishes were things to hate.

Until they feel what we feel, they will never fully understand the own hell they caused.

What you feed your soul is what you harvest with your actions.

You will never say goodbye to the past, until you understand why the flashbacks haunt you.

Memories are what makes each person different.

Memories are powerful that way. They can bring back to another place and time and make them laugh or cry all over again.

My sister and I are so close that we finish each other’s sentences and often wonder who’s memories belong to whom.

Watching them was like watching the sunset and the sunrise, equally beautiful in different ways.

A lie has no power, until you believe it.

God doesn't always bring you the entire truth. He sometimes gives it to you in pieces, in order to learn. Regardless, it is the piece that you got today that will renew your faith for tomorrow.

Honesty is vulnerability. Sadly, not everyone can handle someone’s honesty. However, lying allows people to be comfortable.

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

True friends are not mirrors where we can always see ourselves reflected in a positive light.

Do you really think all angels are sweet and gentle? You must have forgot that the front lines of the War in Heaven were littered with bold women that had something to say.

Honesty is a heart that betrays itself for a dream, a moment, a kiss.

Why would you ever premedicate honesty? To hesitate is to overthink how you feel. A blurted out answer is usually the most genuine.

When things don’t add up, either you don’t have a calculator or you forgot to use commonsense by simply asking.

We have all at one time been stranded on islands shouting lies across the seas of misunderstanding, hoping the fog will carry our mischief to the distant ports in people’s minds.

We are all lies waiting for the day when we will break free from our cocoon and become the beautiful truth we waited for.

People's behaviors are messages, not a diagnosis because I can no longer discern the world's version of insanity.

Be leery of silence. It doesn't mean you won the argument. Often, people are just busy reloading their guns.

A heart worth loving is one you understand, even in silence.