Shannon L. Alder Quotes

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

~ Shannon L. Alder

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.

~ Shannon L. Alder

God's justice is always perfect.

~ Shannon L. Alder

The good part about having a mental disorder is having a valid reason for all the stupid things we do because of a damaged prefrontal cortex. However, the best part is seeing someone completely sane do the exact same things, without a valid excuse. This is the great equalizer of God and his little gift for all us crazy people to enjoy.

~ Shannon L. Alder

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.

~ Shannon L. Alder

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?

~ Shannon L. Alder

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

~ Shannon L. Alder

The problem will never be diversity, the challenging of tradition or the one person that questions the way life should be. The person that shows the world that this is wrong, there is a perspective you didn't consider, this is worth fighting for and being different is a blessing, will always be the solution for change.

~ Shannon L. Alder

The irony of Christianity is that believers get so angry, and self righteous toward other Christians who sin differently than they do. Christianity is like one large fraternity where brother and sisterhood is tested by hazing.

~ Shannon L. Alder

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.

~ Shannon L. Alder

Often a woman that doesn’t have any business being in a fight is there because their ego thinks it can mend what other people can’t. It’s either superiority or a second chance to heal a wound they have, by meddling on your battlefield.

~ Shannon L. Alder

When someone you loved finds no flattery in the gift you gave them then you must ask yourself, What was worth loving?

~ Shannon L. Alder

If you are hurting because they hurt then they are the ONE.

~ Shannon L. Alder

The most beautiful women in the world are the ones that can stand as rivals on the battlefield of love, yet they can still see each other’s pain. They can set down their swords for only just a moment to acknowledge the beauty of the warrior that stands before them—the passion, the fearlessness and the relentless fire that never gives up. It is in this moment that we learn that it is not the man that sees the worth of the hearts torn by battle in his honor; it is the women who have suffered for so long. Two women that can “see” clearly the worth of the other, even while they grow weary from their wounds is the only kind of beauty that matters. For if there wasn’t two worthy opponents there would be no war in love.

~ Shannon L. Alder

Humility is not a one time lesson that comes when you have lost everything. It is a daily reminder of how far we have come, yet still short of who we can be through HIS guidance. Blessed is the soul that can recognize that he isn’t moving mountains, but God is for him.

~ Shannon L. Alder

Life is the first gift, love is the second, and understanding the third.

~ Shannon L. Alder

There are so many things we expect God to do: lead us, bring good people into our life, give us a life of abundance, make us happy, fix our problems, fix other people, triumph over our enemies, etc. However, why do so many people think they will get any of this if they choose not to live righteously? If you choose to hurt other people and not take any responsibility for it or live your life as if everyone else is the problem, except you then God is going to lead you back to the same people, same places, same situations so you can fix the same problem you ran from. God is not standing in your future telling you to forget what you did. He is standing in front of you telling you to go back and undo what you did! He leads you to places that change who you are. He doesn't lead you to places to forget who you are.

~ Shannon L. Alder

Happiness is always on the other side of being teachable.

~ Shannon L. Alder

Insecurity was never humility, just as arrogance was never success.

~ Shannon L. Alder

Peace can only be achieved by a contrite spirit, open communication and tolerance.

~ Shannon L. Alder

You don’t go to church to find God, you bring him with you—attitude.

~ Shannon L. Alder

Relationships with negative people are simply tedious encounters with porcupines. You don’t have the remote knowledge how to be close to them without quills being shot in your direction.

~ Shannon L. Alder

Gratitude can't grow love higher than regret.

~ Shannon L. Alder

You don’t need to wait for God to show up, in order to be rescued from your bad situation. God has been trying to get your attention for a really long time.

~ Shannon L. Alder

When you meet a dark angel don't you ever for one minute believe they are bad because they have faced the worst demons and lived to guide you through yours. It really isn't an easy job they have been asked to do, but then neither was standing on the front line during the war in heaven.

~ Shannon L. Alder

If you spend your life over analysing every encounter you will always see the tree, but never the forest.

~ Shannon L. Alder

Your ability to see will never broaden when you only see yourself.

~ Shannon L. Alder

I rather be a stupid person wanting clarification and answers, in order to be wiser, than be a stupid person that blindly believes the lies they are told, without question.

~ Shannon L. Alder

You won't change anything significant in the world if you try to be like it. Change comes when you do something different.

~ Shannon L. Alder

A paradox is a storm that rains on itself.

~ Shannon L. Alder

We are all children coming inside from recess with varying degrees of dirt on us.

~ Shannon L. Alder

You can change the place you live, your clothes, your interests, your friends, your religion and even your partner. However, if you forgot to change your mind, attitude, beliefs about the world, how you treat people and how you plan to be different this time around, why did you even bother?

~ Shannon L. Alder

Love will drive you insane, but never let it drive you stupid or blind.

~ Shannon L. Alder

An infinity with God has always been a circle, not a straight line past all your mistakes.

~ Shannon L. Alder

People that don’t move will never notice the chains they carry.

~ Shannon L. Alder

God never ends anything on a negative, God always ends on a positive. Because what is negative about going home?

~ Shannon L. Alder

Churches were never meant to be mental hospitals. They were supposed to be military outposts under orders to storm the gates of hell. Every believer is on active duty and called to serve a higher purpose with the rank of their blessings and talents.

~ Shannon L. Alder

Respect should be found in your own heart and never demanded, sacraficed, begged for or negotiated. If you have to explain why you deserve it then you never had it.

~ Shannon L. Alder

Sometimes all you need is one person with a guilty conscience to come forward and do the right thing. Often, the miracle you need resides inside of yourself, when you humbly ask for forgiveness.

~ Shannon L. Alder

When you are offered a miracle take it. Otherwise, show God your tail so he can move on and give it to someone who doesn't want to be in hell any more.

~ Shannon L. Alder