Shannon L. Alder Quotes

Silence by any other name is called shame.

~ Shannon L. Alder

Silence is for fools. Communication is for leaders. Justice is for those brave enough to not stand another moment dealing with people that feel the solution to any problem is through cold indifference because of their lack of courage and insecurities.

~ Shannon L. Alder

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

~ Shannon L. Alder

Silence is best reserved for the fearful and foolish.

~ Shannon L. Alder

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

~ Shannon L. Alder

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.

~ Shannon L. Alder

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.

~ Shannon L. Alder

You will know the person who was meant to be in your life by how they make you feel spiritually. If they live in such a way that inspires you to become better then you have found someone you can evolve with vs. raise.

~ Shannon L. Alder

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

~ Shannon L. Alder

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.

~ Shannon L. Alder

Your consent is your character.

~ Shannon L. Alder

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

~ Shannon L. Alder

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.

~ Shannon L. Alder

Some women don't care what you can do for them. They care about what you could make of them in the inside.

~ Shannon L. Alder

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

~ Shannon L. Alder

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

~ Shannon L. Alder

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

~ Shannon L. Alder

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

~ Shannon L. Alder

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.

~ Shannon L. Alder

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

~ Shannon L. Alder

Ironically, the only way to see clearly is to stand at a distance. You might be focused, but that doesn't mean you are seeing correctly. Sometimes, you have you to grab the camera from the idiot taking all the shots in your life because they don't realize the lens is dirty.

~ Shannon L. Alder

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

~ Shannon L. Alder

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

~ Shannon L. Alder

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

~ Shannon L. Alder

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

~ Shannon L. Alder

If you want to know if someone was meant to be in your future, then remove all the worldly things about them from your mind. Don’t think about their looks, the intimate moments or their personality. Now, think about how they made you feel, how they improved your life and what virtues they possess that push you to want to become better. Did they bring you closer to God? Did they bring you to your life mission? Did they ever lie to you, betray you or made it impossible for you to feel comfortable speaking your mind? When you remove all the shine from a diamond, it becomes a glass rock. What value is it then? See beneath the surface and you will know who your future is with.

~ Shannon L. Alder

Your body is a temple, not a daily dumping ground for another person’s pain, anger, betrayal, judgment, hypocrisy, denial, games, jealousy or blame. When you are being psychologically, spiritually or emotionally abused by a person, and they don’t care how it hurts you, then it is time to leave what is polluting your relationship with God.

~ Shannon L. Alder

When you’re in love with two people, always choose the second. The fact that you are constantly thinking of the second person makes it obvious that the first will never fulfill you, unless the second person did not fulfill you either. At this point, you have to choose the third person because God is getting a little tired of your inattention and indecisiveness, and is planning on sending a fourth person into your life just to slap you around with the bible for not entering the promised land.

~ Shannon L. Alder

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.

~ Shannon L. Alder

You know you are on the right spiritual track when you realize that doing the right thing is not something you should do; rather, it is something you want to do. It is even something you have to do for your own peace, and the well-being of others.

~ Shannon L. Alder

Intelligence is not expecting people to understand what your intent is, it is anticipating how it will be perceived.

~ Shannon L. Alder

Commonsense will never come from following your heart, wisdom is only stored in the mind.

~ Shannon L. Alder

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, but I chose neither one. Instead, I set sail in my little boat to watch a sunset from a different view that couldn't be seen from shore. Then I climbed the tallest mountain peak to watch the amber sun through the clouds. Finally, I traveled to the darkest part of the valley to see the last glimmering rays of light through the misty fog. It was every perspective I experienced on my journey that left the leaves trodden black, and that has made all the difference.

~ Shannon L. Alder

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.

~ Shannon L. Alder

Regrets are the last words you speak to your loved ones when you die and the one thing we all fear when we live. I'd rather regret the things I've done and said than regret the things I haven't done or said. It is all the experiences and people you missed out on in life that you will feel the most regretful for in the end. God will forgive you of your mistakes, but there is nothing to forgive if you have never even tried, done or said anything that made a difference in your life or others.

~ Shannon L. Alder

Timing is only lack of enough emotions.

~ Shannon L. Alder

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

~ Shannon L. Alder

It is not what happens to you that matters, it is how you feel about it that does.

~ Shannon L. Alder

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

~ Shannon L. Alder

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

~ Shannon L. Alder