Shannon L. Alder Quotes

Empowered Women 101: A confident woman doesn't have to talk a man into loving her. He either loves her completely, not enough or not at all. Regardless, she doesn't settle for less than she deserves.
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You didn't choose God. He chose you. When you stop feeling hurt by everyone and plotting your comeback, he has some very important things he wants you to accomplish with your life.
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What lies between where you are and where you want to be sometimes requires traveling through the Twilight Zone.
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Give up trying to convince people who you are, instead confuse them. It is a lot more fun!
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A wise woman protects her kids. A wiser woman hangs out with police officers, retired FBI agents and private investigators.
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We are stronger than stigma, but until more celebrity role models openly discuss mental illness we will still be stereotyped as less than capable, by an upside down world that thinks reality television is actually normal behavior.
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She builds people up because she knows what it is like to be torn down.
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When you have a grasp on eternity your eyes won't ever see the battle or the lost people that hurt you. You will see a beautiful story of hope, in every character. It is not one person god loves. He loves us all and this is his story, our story and theirs.
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The best plot twists are the ones you didn't expect.
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Anyone can have a friend, but the one that would walk in a storm to find you is all you will ever need.
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The people that understand you the most are not always the people you call family. Often, it is the person that has traveled a parallel road because they have seen the same scenery in life and can comment on the view.
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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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Don't waste your time being what someone wants you to become, in order to feed their list of rules, boundaries and insecurities. Find your tribe. They will allow you to be you, while you dance in the rain.
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Always remember that you can explain things for people, but you can't comphrend for them.
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Always remember that you have been called worse things by better people.
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To die old with a young mind is such a tragedy. Naiveness was never a blessing.
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Either, you are in love with someone or you're not. Fear is complicated, not love.
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Before you ever get the person you really want in your life, you will be tested with every person that was wrong for you. You will be tempted with what was easy, what was familiar, what was only physical, what was safe and what was simply a friend to pull you out of a difficult situation because you didn't want to be alone. When you finally meet the person you were meant to be with you won't have to guess, decide or choose. You will be drawn to them. They will seem to fit who you are, but at the same time have the missing pieces that makes you want to become a better person. There is no need to be guarded because this soul is like your own and talking to them about the deepest things in life are effortless. They won't be like any other you have met and you will find yourself looking for parts of them in everyone you meet.
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If your soulmate can't teach you a few things then what is the point of having one? I don't need someone to tell me I am right. I don't need someone to tell me I didn't screw up. I don't need someone to not push me to reach for my dreams. I don't need someone to not take an interest in making me better. I need a team mate, a best friend and someone that allows me enough room to have off days. I am allowed to be as silly, corny, upset at times, excited, scared and a million emotions, but still loved. I need someone that will be that way for me, also. I don't want perfection. I don't want to build my world around what other people think. I want to build it around positive experiences, spiritual growth, and adventure. That requires something deeper than just acting the way someone requires. It means finding someone imperfect that I have the ability to help and someone that sees my imperfectness and is willing to help me. If a soulmate is anything, it better be useful. Otherwise, it is simply a made up fantasy that has no place in God's plan for me.
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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.
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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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Women of dignity know when to stop expecting loyalty when he won't even give you honesty.
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Blessed is a mother that would give up part of her soul for her children's happiness.
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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?
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Loyalty is what you focus on and won't give up.
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Narcissists are consumed with maintaining a shallow false self to others. They're emotionally crippled souls that are addicted to attention. Because of this they use a multitude of games, in order to receive adoration. Sadly, they are the most ungodly of God's creations because they don't show remorse for their actions, take steps to make amends or have empathy for others. They are morally bankrupt.
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It is not what you don’t know that hurts you; it is what you do know, which is not the truth that does your spirit the most harm.
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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.
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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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Cruelty is a language that the blind can see, the deaf can hear, and the heart feels forever.
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Eternity has a way of letting us all grow up.
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The only thing sadder than unrequited love is being in a relationship where there is unrequited love.
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Never fall in love with someone that won't fight for you because when the real battles begin they won't pull your heart to safety, but they will their own.
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The greatest work you will ever do is charity; the most divine work you will ever do will be changing people’s perception of God, while you’re doing charity.
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Awards and recognition are not the purpose of life and not the goal of an activist. The heart of an activist usually redonates the money, or uses the accolades as a foot in the door for more activism and awareness. A plack on the wall won’t change the world; it only shows your devotion.
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The purpose of any charity is simply to turn people's mirrors into windows. An outward view of the world's needs are vast in comparison to an inward one.
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When you find love you will know. It will be the one thing worth waiting for.
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You don't give up on people you truly love. Whether they are in your life or stand on the edge of your heart, you want them to be happy. This is the truest kind of love because it gives more than it ever receives.
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Marriage is a journey of disasters, only to fall in love all over again, with the person that rescues you each time.
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Your lack of commitment to being different is what kills you. It is the insanity of doing the same thing every time and expecting a different result that wastes your time.
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If God gave you contentment then you would never pursue your life purpose. It is your restlessness that pushes you to take action, change your life and seek more of what you could possibly be.
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Stressed by any other name is fear.
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Sometimes God doesn't deny, he delays.
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Sometimes, the only thing that stands in your way from moving on completely is one question. Sadly, it is the one question God asked another person to answer for you. Be the solution, not the problem.
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I use to think being a warning was not meant to be apart of anyone's life purpose. However, how could you teach anything in life, without the deepest understanding of what not to do? Personally, I don't want someone offering advice, unless they have been to hell and back with a map and a compass.
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There are so many random questions in life, but the important ones harldy have a random answer.
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Hypocrisy/hi pakrise/ noun1. The moment you tell someone it is not important to be right, in order to look right to everyone else.
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When you turn your back on hypocrisy and do nothing you don’t change the hearts of others you change yours.
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The real moments that changed the world are when church members miss the meaning of a whole sermon, and take no accountability for the testimonies they damage, by being self-righteous.
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Design a life! Don't maintain it.
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The most influential people you will ever meet were once held together by the encouragement of others.
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Every insecure soul has a government of their own and a paid judge in their court room.
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There really is no sense in pretending to be normal. Just be you because the moment you do, weirder things happen. Crazy comes back into fashion and every woman has to go out and find her some.
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You are loved deeper than any ocean. Let your mind swim through it's depth because I will never let you drown.
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It is the apathetic person that sees the cause while the charitable person sees the need.
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Be patient and believe in your future. God is already there and is preparing a way.
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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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When we are wounded it's as if something is stolen from us. We adapt and accept a particular truth that sets us up to behave a certain way in the future when we are faced with a situation that reminds us of the past. What we know about ourselves becomes influenced by our perception of these events. We associate and project the qualities of those who hurt us onto others unfairly. Every situation may appear similar, but people are not. Look at the people that love you and not the reminder of ghosts.
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When criticism doesn't make sense, it is usually coming from a different place.
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What good is intuition if your heart gets in the way of hearing it?
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