T.W. Shannon Quotes

Never allow yourself to believe you should be silent.

I think sometimes, being silent and watching, can change a person.

There are always a million words behind the silence.

Silence by any other name is called shame.

Like hatred, guilt can’t be locked in the silence of forgetting, without taking part of your soul with it.

Silence is best reserved for the fearful and foolish.

There’s comfort in hearing a voice when the world is silent.

Sometimes the silence of your friends is worse than your enemy's words.

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.

We were quiet, two tiny specks glued down by gravity, peering at a universe that didn't notice us back.

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.

Sometimes it seems my identity’s a matter of opinion

I wanted to punch him and understand him at the same time.

She affected me, even when she was absent.

Damn the way he had control over me.

Anyone can find the dirt on someone, but very few can wipe it from their own shoes.

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.

Your consent is your character.

If you put yourself in the emotion that you want from others, you are more likely to receive it.

The actions of our closest friends say a lot about our character—what we overlook, what we contribute to and what is important to us when the world doesn’t take notice.

Strength of character comes from being hit by stray verbal stones, while protecting discarded ciphers in the snow.

Principles are meant to serve people, not people serving to uphold the principle, while harming the people.

Reading a book is like going on a great journey. You don't know what'll happen, but something is bound to change. And for me, that change has always been good.

You can ignore your heart and mind, but it will always find its way home.

You have two choices in life: Live the life you want or live the life of acceptance.

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.

Sometimes our wants or needs have nothing to do with being ungrateful and everything to do with making a mistake.

You are only earning the life you get when your inaction allows people to decide for you.

Sometimes another person’s fear tells you that everything you're about to do is right.

You will never get to your destination on time if choose to walk two paths through life.

Life has always been a series of the same choices: enslavement, apathy or freedom.

God is always willing to give you the best life possible. If you change your mind at any time you are free to go back to enjoying hell.

The most important journey you will take in your life will usually be the one of self transformation. Often, this is the scariest because it requires the greatest changes, in your life.

Timing is only lack of enough emotions.

If you want peace in your life, you have to stop declaring war.

I knew why love was always described with eternity. A single minute stretched out for lifetimes.

The man that is meant to love you will have a million questions about you, but none will ever ask your value.

Forgiveness is not an invitation to become a doormat for other people's hypocrisy.

Inside of you is your love, not beside you. She is just there to remind you of where you placed her heart.

Don't ever let someone tell you the value you don't have, in order to be in someone's life. That is often the value they feel you have, not that person.

God's justice is always perfect.

A righteous God isn't bound by time. He has an eternity to make things right.

Sometimes painfully lost people can teach us lessons that we didn't think we needed to know, or be reminded of---the more history changes, the more it stays the same.

Somehow I find the energy to continue the run. Part of the high that comes after finishing a long run is overcoming the wall, that point when your body crashes but your mind keeps moving you forward.

For, what is the purpose of true love, other than to rescue another from one's self? Why is that not the first thing we look for?

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Outward beauty is the frame for the masterpiece of your soul.

I didn't raise you I be good and weak. I raised you to be powerful and happy.

Lost in a book is a great place to be found.

The purpose of any healthy relationship is to find someone that will magnify your life's experiences, not tolerate it or become a spectator of it.