Quotes by Shannon L. Alder

Reasoning with senselessness will never build faith. Faith is strengthened when you stop collecting fragmented signs and questionable hunches, in order to build an acceptable reason for your wrong decisions and less than desirable circumstances.

The best part about being a writer is getting the last word.

Writing is the only way to run away from home, without ever leaving.

Fear and focus are the only two things standing between you and staying positive.

A true love story has always been about the journey, not the ending.

It is not the self respect and pride that you take with you, but the heritage you leave behind to your children that matters. A strongly marked personality can influence descendants for generations. Those blessed with a patriotic genetic legacy should run to the top of the mountain and roar with all fervency, “If they can over come, so will I!” When you know the ghosts that stand in support of you, you can begin to see life as they did—a life of joy, possibilities and freedom.

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 isnt a daily goal and ambition in your relationship.

Sometimes we can spend too much time trying to fix our life that we forget to live.

I am not a human being. I am a human BEING. Just be.

Tolerance is nothing more than patience with boundaries.

Inspirational people werent meant to be enablers. They were meant to empower!

Your religion is not what you do on Sunday. It is how you live Monday through Saturday.

Immorality is the word we use to describe people that are not sinning the same way we are.

Empowered Women 101: A confident woman takes him for exactly who he is, not who she wants him to be. He is who he is, take it or leave it before you get married. This is the ground level of your partner. Together you can grow from here. However, if you are still teaching basic kindergarten values such as kindness, compassion, respect or honesty then you shouldnt complain if your ground level has a basement.

The most common lie you will ever tell God is your opportunity to do the right thing was taken from you.

Sometimes you cant agree with people because you would both be wrong.

The question isnt who will be with me in life, rather how will I create the ending I am proud of?

Learn to be a responder, not a reactor.

Your expectations of other people should never be greater than what you expect of God. Why is it that you can patiently wait for him to make your life better, but you wont consider he is patiently waiting for you to be better?

Winning or losing achieves the same result--change.