1,304 Quotes by Shannon L. Alder

God doesn’t ordain stupidity.

More often than not, you will never be judged by your intentions because the world can’t read minds and very few will know the heart of a person they have not given time to know personally.

When you love yourself you won’t need to ask God if someone is being honest with you. You will know already because you wouldn’t have asked him if you had the self confidence to know how people should treat you.

There is nothing worse then being surrounded by a bunch of people telling you to do what is right, when they can’t define that definition, without a lot of hatred and judgment behind it.

If they keep coming back to you, it isn’t love. It is because you made yourself and easy option. The moment the thing they truly want becomes less difficult to obtain is when you will realize that your worth was on sale.

Gratitude was never a noun; it’s secretly a verb. It is not a place you accept defeat, settle in for broken dreams or call it the best life will get. Gratitude is getting out of laziness, self pity, denial and insecurity, in order to walk through that door God has been holding open for you this entire time.

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.

You can’t selectively numb your anger, any more than you can turn off all lights in a room and still expect to see the light.

A goal will always tell you where you don’t want to be.