Shannon Alder

“Clarity and focus doesn’t always come from God or inspirational quotes. Usually, it takes your mother to slap the reality back into you.”

“Life isn't worth living if you're not fighting for something. A lost cause is a life mission worthy of pursuit just to prove them wrong.”

“Soul connections are not often found and are worth every bit of fight left in you to keep.”

“The journey is the mystery…the destination the answer. If you don’t have a happy ending yet, you have not finished reading the right book.”

“Being cryptic is an art unto itself.”

“There is nothing more valuable then God's widsom. HIS teachers are sometimes the most unlikely people.”

“Often the inspiration to write music comes from the voices in your head. You’re not crazy. Just be thankful they are not making you rescue people in 20-degree weather at 2:30 in the morning in the forest.”

“The problem with this generation is they are so quick to define who they are in the process of searching. It is their need for immediate acceptance that keeps them from exploring further.”

“Your lack of commitment to being different is what kills you. It is the insanity of doing the same thing every time and expecting a different result that wastes your time.”

“Some of life's greatest wisdom comes from observing the lives of very lost people.”

“You can not choose your calling. Your calling chooses you.”

“Fall ten times, stand up eleven.”

“Time is too swift for those who fear, too long for those who wait, too short for those who finally find peace, but for those who love, time is eternal. For nothing is ever lost that God wants you to find.”

“When you have the courage to follow your talents into the dark unknown places they lead, often God will send angels to light your way.”

“If God gave you contentment then you would never pursue your life purpose. It is your restlessness that pushes you to take action, change your life and seek more of what you could possibly be.”

“God will take your story and use it for a greater purpose.”

“They say time heals and makes us forget, but what two people shared can never be erased.”

“Life doesn’t happen to you, but for you. Lessons can be found in everyone’s story.”

“To be a follower of Christ and not just a fan means to forgive the inexcusable because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you.”

“The most introspective of hearts tends to be the most sentimental. We cling to the smallest moments from our past because we fear that emotion will never come our way again.”

“Forgiveness is the one gift you don't give to others. Rather, it is the gift you give yourself, so you can finally be free.”

“You are not what others think you are. You are what God knows you are.”

“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.”

“The most important thing is this: to sacrifice what you are now for what you can become tomorrow.”

“A Plan B life can be just as good or better than a Plan A life. You just have to let go of that first dream and realize that God has already written the first chapter of the new life that awaits you. All you have to do is start reading!”

“There will always be someone willing to hurt you, put you down, gossip about you, belittle your accomplishments and judge your soul. It is a fact that we all must face. However, if you realize that God is a best friend that stands beside you when others cast stones you will never be afraid, never feel worthless and never feel alone.”

“You can have regret from yesterday, fear tomorrow, but peace today by sharing your heart’s deepest feelings. A life spent being fearful of showing your soul is a life not worth living.”

“Passion is not a reaction to an external event. It is the left over emotions from the internal battles you have won that propels you forward.”

“Your greatest responsibility in your life is to be the best version of yourself. When you feel for what the soul believes that is who you become.”

“The very least you can do in your life is to figure out what you hope for. And the most you can do is live inside that hope. Not admire it from a distance, but live right in it, under its roof.”

“There is no real bravery in getting paid to save someone's life. However, there is a large amount of bravery in a nurse break dancing at the hospital's Christmas party.”

“Life has a way of taking you past your wants and hopes. Instead, it drops you in front of what you need.”

“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.”

“The difference between a moral person and a person of honor is that the latter regrets a discreditable act, made out of weakness and tries to make amends with their life when they find the opportunity to say they are sorry is lost.”

“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.”

“Every quote is like a Picasso. The meaning is different for each person and half the admirers miss the true intent and twisted humor of it all.”

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

“Never rearrange your life in order to meet Mr. Darcy half way. If he couldn’t see your worth at the moment you met then he won’t two years later. May the halls of Pemberly be filled with his regrets and your life filled with thankfulness because of this revelation.”

“There are many forms of love as there is moments in time, and you are capable of feeling them all at different stages of your life.”

“When you can’t reach the standards of another’s heart you must ask yourself, "What value do I put on my soul that I would subject myself to such rejection?”

“When you find a guy who calls you beautiful instead of hot, who calls you back when you hang up on him, who will stand in front of you when other’s cast stones, or will stay awake just to watch you sleep, who wants to show you off to the world when you are in sweats, who will hold your hand when your sick, who thinks your pretty without makeup, the one who turns to his friends and say, ‘that’s her’, the one that would bear your rejection because losing you means losing his will to live, who kisses you when you screw up, watches the stars and names one for you and will hold and rock that baby for hours so you can sleep…..you marry him all over again.”

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

“Reputation is what others think of us; character is what God knows of us. When you have spent what feels like eternity trying to repair a few moments of time that destroyed the view others once had of you then you must ask yourself if you have the problem or is it really them? God doesn’t make us try so hard, only enemies do.”

“When you see people only as personalities, rather than souls with life missions to fulfill, you forever limit the growth and possibilities of what God has in store for another person.”

“Time doesn't heal all wounds, only distance can lessen the sting of them.”

“An inspirational writer's life is an open book that never shuts. Choose your words carefully.”

“Tolerance is nothing more than patience with boundaries.”

“All death reminds us that nothing is promised, only that life was worth it.”

“When I die I hope it may be said:'Her suffering was black, but her books were read'.”

“The most introspective of souls are often those that have been hurt the most.”