1. “A man worth loving is a man that never makes you feel like an option.” – Shannon L. Alder
2. “The lesson will always repeat itself, unless you see yourself as the problem–not others.” – Shannon L. Alder
3. “A true gentleman is one that apologizes anyways, even though he has not offended a lady intentionally. He is in a class all of his own because he knows the value of a woman’s heart.” – Shannon L. Alder
4. “Hide yourself in God, so when a man wants to find you he will have to go there first.” – Shannon L. Alder
5. “You will never change, unless you are honest with yourself or you are forced to be authentic by someone that was honest with him or herself.” – Shannon L. Alder
6. “There is no perfection, only beautiful versions of brokenness.” – Shannon L. Alder
7. “You know your testimony is strong when your roots are so deep that other people’s storms will never knock you over.” – Shannon L. Alder
8. “You will never choose love greater than what you believe you deserve and what other insecure people tell your lack of self esteem to have faith in.” – Shannon L. Alder
9. “Don’t ignore pain; appreciate its message: You need to change now!” – Shannon L. Alder
10. “If there was any great lesson in life it was this: No battle was ever won with silence.” – Shannon L. Alder
11. “The best plot twists are the ones you didn’t expect.” – Shannon L. Alder
12. “Extraordinary change can happen in your life, but it will take extraordinary people, extraordinary courage and extraordinary faith to believe that this won’t be a repeat of your past.” – Shannon L. Alder
13. “You can ignore your heart and mind, but it will always find its way home.” – Shannon L. Alder
14. “When you are near the middle of your life, often God will do outrageous things to knock you back on course.” – Shannon L. Alder
15. “When your heart knows the truth, it never forgets.” – Shannon L. Alder
16. “No two persons can learn something and experience it in the same way.” – Shannon L. Alder
17. “You can spend the rest of your life fighting to be respected, accepted and understood by the people you have created a life with or you can start living a life where that isn’t a daily goal and ambition in your relationship.” – Shannon L. Alder
18. “If you’re going to love someone or something then don’t be a slow leaking faucet – -be a hurricane.” – Shannon L. Alder
19. “When you give yourself permission to communicate what matters to you in every situation you will have peace despite rejection or disapproval. Putting a voice to your soul helps you to let go of the negative energy of fear and regret.” – Shannon L. Alder
20. “One of the most important things you can do on this earth is to let people know they are not alone.” – Shannon L. Alder
21. “True regret is knowing you missed your only opportunity to be simply a good friend to someone that was exactly like you.” – Shannon L. Alder
22. “Personality begins where comparison leaves off. Be unique. Be memorable. Be confident. Be proud.” – Shannon L. Alder
23. “Often what people don’t say or leave out, tells the real story.” – Shannon L. Alder
24. “You will face your greatest opposition when you are closest to your biggest miracle.” – Shannon L. Alder
25. “You are not an option, a choice or a soft place to land after a long battle. You were meant to be the one. If you can wrap yourself around the idea that you are something incredible, then you will stop excusing behavior that rapes your very soul. You were never meant to teach someone to love you. You were meant to be loved.” – Shannon L. Alder
26. “Loyalty will always be found in the things you regret because it mattered.” – Shannon L. Alder
27. “Marriage is a journey of disasters, only to fall in love all over again, with the person that rescues you each time.” – Shannon L. Alder
28. “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
29. “If your love for another person doesn’t include loving yourself then your love is incomplete.” – Shannon L. Alder
30. “What you value at the highest level needs to be in alignment with your partner or you will have conflict.” – Shannon L. Alder
31. “Sometimes losses in life are not losses at all. They are simply the evidence God provides, in order to build a story so profound, that it will cause social change.” – Shannon L. Alder
32. “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.” – Shannon L. Alder
33. “Every woman that finally figured out her worth, has picked up her suitcases of pride and boarded a flight to freedom, which landed in the valley of change.” – Shannon L. Alder
34. “Time doesn’t heal all wounds, only distance can lessen the sting of them.” – Shannon L. Alder
35. “If you have to convince someone to stay with you then they have already left.” – Shannon L. Alder
36. “Never love someone beneath your level of evolution. If you want a monkey, you can visit one at your local zoo.” – Shannon L. Alder
37. “Life is as simple as these three questions: What do I want? Why do I want it? And, how will I achieve it?” – Shannon L. Alder
38. “The most introspective of souls are often those that have been hurt the most.” – Shannon L. Alder
39. “Carve your name on hearts, not tombstones. A legacy is etched into the minds of others and the stories they share about you.” – Shannon L. Alder
40. “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.” – Shannon L. Alder
41. “Never chase a person that doesn’t know your worth because the moment you catch him you will always feel you were never good enough.” – Shannon L. Alder
42. “Sometimes the bridges you burn light the way out of your darkness, but the memory of the blaze will be burned into your heart and mind forever.” – Shannon L. Alder
43. “If you want to discover the true character of a person, you have only to observe what they are passionate about.” – Shannon L. Alder
44. “We live with the scars we choose.” – Shannon L. Alder
45. “Never give up on someone with a mental illness. When “I” is replaced by “We”, illness becomes wellness.” – Shannon L. Alder
46. “There is always a storm. There is always rain. Some experience it. Some live through it. And others are made from it.” – Shannon L. Alder
47. “Love may be blind but jealousy has 20-20 vision.” – Shannon L. Alder
48. “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
49. “Being kind to someone, only to look kind to others, defeats the purpose of being kind.” – Shannon L. Alder
50. “The only person that deserves a special place in your life is someone that never made you feel like you were an option in theirs.” – Shannon L. Alder
51. “Sometimes your light shines so bright that it blinds people from seeing who you really are.” – Shannon L. Alder
52. “Winning or losing achieves the same result–change.” – Shannon L. Alder
53. “The journey of the mind always has longer to travel than the heart because dreams carry weight, while love makes you float.” – Shannon L. Alder
54. “Unhappiness comes from living the life of two people – the one people want you to be and the one you want to be.” – Shannon L. Alder
55. “I will never give up on what I love. I will never back down. I will never let go of anything that is important to me. I will hold my course steady and my God will help me see it through. This is my promise, my anthem and my path. This is my future and I own it.” – Shannon L. Alder
56. “Real women fight for something, other than their own emotions.” – Shannon L. Alder
57. “Storms don’t come to teach us painful lessons, rather they were meant to wash us clean.” – Shannon L. Alder
58. “You will never find the real truth among people that are insecure or have egos to protect. Truth over time becomes either guarded or twisted as their perspective changes; it changes with the seasons of their shame, love, hope or pride.” – Shannon L. Alder
59. “It might look like your enemies are winning, but be ready God is about to flip the script.” – Shannon L. Alder
60. “Every adventure requires a compass, curiosity, a journey, a creative mind and someone willing to play.” – Shannon L. Alder
61. “Being different is a revolving door in your life where secure people enter and insecure exit.” – Shannon L. Alder
62. “Worry does not keep it from raining tomorrow, but it does keep it from being sunny today.” – Shannon L. Alder
63. “The battle you are going through is not fueled by the words or actions of others; it is fueled by the mind that gives it importance.” – Shannon L. Alder
64. “If someone wants to be in your life they will find you. If they don’t they will find an excuse.” – Shannon L. Alder
65. “A broken soul doesn’t invest in boundaries because the world has crossed them, without mercy.” – Shannon L. Alder
66. “Courage doesn’t happen when you have all the answers. It happens when you are ready to face the questions you have been avoiding your whole life.” – Shannon L. Alder
67. “Always do good for others because when people try to drag your name through the mud, God will always bring a storm to wash it away.” – Shannon L. Alder
68. “People who can’t communicate think everything is an argument.” – Shannon L. Alder
69. “Lies don’t end relationships the truth does.” – Shannon L. Alder
70. “You had me at hello, goodbye and everything in between.” – Shannon L. Alder
71. “All great beginnings start in the dark, when the moon greets you to a new day at midnight.” – Shannon L. Alder
72. “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
73. “Sensitive people care when the world doesn’t because we understand waiting to be rescued and no one shows up. We have rescued ourselves, so many times that we have become self taught in the art of compassion for those forgotten.” – Shannon L. Alder
74. “The day I found my smile again was when I stood in my own storm and danced with my tribe.” – Shannon L. Alder
75. “Success is intentional.” – Shannon L. Alder
76. “Swearing doesn’t make your argument valid; it just tells the other person you have lost your class and control.” – Shannon L. Alder
77. “Defensiveness is usually someone silently screaming that they need you to value and respect them in disguise. When you look for deeper meanings behind someone’s pain you can then begin to heal not only yourself, but others.” – Shannon L. Alder
78. “To love someone with all of your heart requires reaching them where they are with the only words they can understand.” – Shannon L. Alder
79. “Kindness is love in action, not feeling emotions or thoughts of empathy only. Kindness is doing!” – Shannon L. Alder
80. “You will never know love’s depth, until it is gone.” – Shannon L. Alder
81. “The best kind of happiness is a habit you’re passionate about.” – Shannon L. Alder
82. “It is easier to tell a person what life is not, rather than to tell them what it is. A child understands weeds that grow from lack of attention, in a garden. However, it is hard to explain the wild flowers that one gardener calls weeds, and another considers beautiful ground cover.” – Shannon L. Alder
83. “When you are joyful, when you say yes to life and have fun and project positivity all around you, you become a sun in the center of every constellation, and people want to be near you.” – Shannon L. Alder
84. “When you get what you want that is God’s direction. When you don’t get what you want that is God’s protection.” – Shannon L. Alder
85. “You have two choices in life: Live the life you want or live the life of acceptance.” – Shannon L. Alder
86. “Angels come in many forms, but they always bring the same message – wisdom.” – Shannon L. Alder
87. “Sometimes the truth is so deep that it takes someone with the same depth to see it, while others can’t see past the level they have never moved from.” – Shannon L. Alder
88. “Chasing a person doesn’t give you value or build values in you. You earn your value by chasing morality and practicing dignity.” – Shannon L. Alder
89. “The need for control always comes from someone that has lost it.” – Shannon L. Alder
90. “The depth of your pain will always be equal to the depth of your love.” – Shannon L. Alder
91. “Sometimes the best gifts are the ones you can’t get on your own.” – Shannon L. Alder
92. “Don’t ever let anyone put out your light because they are blinded by it.” – Shannon L. Alder
93. “Beauty is not who you are on the outside, it is the wisdom and time you gave away to save another struggling soul, like you.” – Shannon L. Alder
94. “Living a life somewhere else in your mind is nothing more than being a prisoner where you are.” – Shannon L. Alder
95. “One of the greatest regrets in life is being what others would want you to be, rather than being yourself.” – Shannon L. Alder
96. “An insecure woman chases love; a confident woman invites a man to find her.” – Shannon L. Alder
97. “All roads out of hell lead home.” – Shannon L. Alder
98. “The purpose of life is the lesson.” – Shannon L. Alder
99. “Some of the most beautiful things worth having in your life come wrapped in a crown of thorns.” – Shannon L. Alder
100. “The only difference between you and the person you admire is their perspective on life.” – Shannon L. Alder
101. “If you spend your time hoping someone will suffer the consequences for what they did to your heart, then you’re allowing them to hurt you a second time in your mind.” – Shannon L. Alder
102. “You can’t control other people’s actions, but you can control who “thinks” they have control over you.” – Shannon L. Alder
103. “When people don’t tell you the truth what they really are saying is they don’t value you or their relationship with you enough to be honest.” – Shannon L. Alder