27 Of The Most Empowering And Profound Shannon Alder Quotes You Need To Read Right Now

“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, amazon.com

“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 Alder, facebook.com

“Often people that criticise your life are usually the same people that don't know the price you paid to get where you are today. True friends see the full picture of your soul.”

— Shannon Alder, facebook.com

“Sometimes you can’t figure out the truth because you’re asking people that are emotionally or socially invested in you to be brutally honest. Often family or friends will tell you what you want to hear, or what they want to believe because of their emotional investment in the situation. Instead of c…”

— Shannon Alder, facebook.com

“When someone you love says goodbye you can stare long and hard at the door they closed and forget to see all the doors God has open in front of you.”

— Shannon Alder, facebook.com

“If he can't handle you at your worst then he does not deserve you at your best. Real love means seeing beyond the words spoken out of pain, and instead seeing a person's soul.”

— Shannon Alder, facebook.com

“You are going to do some really stupid and mean things in the name of love. Don’t be so hard on yourself when things don’t turn out. You are a good person that loved deeply. Anybody worth having will know that hurting someone is not showing someone who you really are. You’re a sensitive person that…”

— Shannon Alder, facebook.com

“Insecure people only eclipse your sun because they’re jealous of your daylight and tired of their dark, starless nights.”

— Shannon Alder, facebook.com

“If you're going to love someone or something then don't be a slow leaking faucet----be a hurricane.”

— Shannon Alder, facebook.com

“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 Alder, facebook.com

“Sometimes, when we pray for miracles what we are really praying for is God to do the work that we are too afraid to take action about. Often, the miracle resides in us and we need to simply "be all in", rather than standing on the fence waiting.”

— Shannon Alder, facebook.com

“One of the greatest regrets in life is being what others would want you to be, rather than being yourself.”

— Shannon Alder, facebook.com

“Anger, resentment and jealousy doesn't change the heart of others-- it only changes yours.”

— Shannon Alder, amazon.com

“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 Alder, facebook.com

“There are no coincidences in life. What person that wandered in and out of your life was there for some purpose, even if they caused you harm. Sometimes, it doesn’t make sense the short periods of time we get with people, or the outcomes from their choices. However, if you turn it over to God he pro…”

— Shannon Alder, facebook.com

“Sensitive people are the most genuine and honest people you will ever meet. There is nothing they won’t tell you about themselves if they trust your kindness. However, the moment you betray them, reject them or devalue them, they become the worse type of person. Unfortunately, they end up hurting th…”

— Shannon Alder, facebook.com

“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 Alder, facebook.com

“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 Alder, facebook.com

“Chasing a man is not winning. The only thing you win is the loss of your dignity. Confidence is knowing your value, instead of expecting a man’s love to provide you with value.”

— Shannon Alder, facebook.com

“Some people can’t be in your life because they don’t have the power to help you improve it. That doesn’t mean you don’t wish them well, it just means that you are on Chapter ten of your life, when they are on Chapter five. Maybe, it is just enough to meet at the crossroads in life and agree to take…”

— Shannon Alder, facebook.com

“Love is proved the moment you let go of someone because they need you to.”

— Shannon Alder, facebook.com

“If you have to convince someone to stay with you then they have already left.”

— Shannon Alder, facebook.com

“A heart worth loving is one you understand, even in silence.”

— Shannon Alder, facebook.com

“The only real conflict you will ever have in your life won’t be with others, but with yourself.”

— Shannon Alder, facebook.com

“Before you call yourself a Christian, Buddhist, Muslim, Hindu or any other theology, learn to be human first.”

— Shannon Alder, facebook.com

“Unrequited love is the only emotion that allows sane people to taste the ‘life sentence’ of someone with bipolar disorder. The longer they hang onto a lost cause the more unstable they look to everyone else. They contradict their own belief systems and statements, by circling the drain with two comp…”

— Shannon Alder, facebook.com

“There is no perfection, only beautiful versions of brokenness.”

— Shannon Alder, facebook.com