Quotes from Shannon L. Alder

When love and duty are one then grace is within your soul.

Sometimes the reason God doesn't show up to win your battles is because he already put inside of you the power to end it.

Some of the most beautiful things worth having in your life come wrapped in a crown of thorns.

Sometimes the simplest solution out of conflict is becoming someone's friend, instead of saying goodbye forever.

There are many types of marriage relationships and all of them can work, but none is sadder than the one that doesn't represent peace in your heart.

Praying for the people that hurt you may not change them, but it will change you.

The only way through pain is love.

It takes courage to let go of the past and all the mechanisms you have put in place, in order to ease your pain, regret and fear through avoiding responsibility for it.

God cannot remove the burdens of your heart, but he will prompt you where to go, what to say and what to do, in order to free yourself from your chains.

No one would have guessed that the jagged pieces of our soul fit the puzzle in this box. We were considered the left over remnants that had no place, except the picture we wanted to create together.

In the end, you will not see the physical beauty in others that caught your eye, but the fire that burned within them. This kind of beauty is the bonfire you had to attend.

There are 613, 806, 639 men in the world. Statistically, God has got you covered! So, never worry about one person not caring about you. Someone up to the challenge will always take his place.

The only man meant to be in your life is a man that knows your worth.

Music is feelings in search of words.

How can you follow your heart, unless you know why you have allowed it to be empty for so long and didn't have the courage to fix it?

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.

No connection can ever be broken if love holds tight at both ends.

When you invite people to share in your miracle, you create future allies during rough weather.

And when they dusted my mind for your fingerprints they found yours.

What you keep alive is what you truly care about, no matter how many times you die in the process.

Confidence is knowing who you are and not changing it a bit because of someone's version of reality is not your reality.

Leave a legacy of love, not a legacy of fear.

God doesn't hand you an easy life because you will grow in it. He hands you a dream with hurdles, obstacles, setbacks, battles and challenges because he knows the real you is at the finishing line.

Don't look for the ninety percent of the darkness in a person's soul. Look for the ten percent of light they have left, then lend them yours because light was meant to be shared.