Quotes from Shannon L. Alder

When you are no longer afraid is when you can be yourself.

Be the hero of your children's story. Never let them believe for a minute that honor, courage and doing what is right is only reserved for other fathers and mothers.

You cannot become a peacemaker without communication. Silence is a passive aggressive grenade thrown by insecure people that want war, but they don't want the accountability of starting it.

Do you really think all angels are sweet and gentle? You must have forgot that the front lines of the War in Heaven were littered with bold women that had something to say.

If you want peace in your life, you have to stop declaring war.

Your blessings lay beyond your fear.

You can't always expect people to apply your wisdom when they didn't use wisdom before they found themselves knee deep in their version of justice.

They say faith is taking the first step when you can't see the whole staircase. Actually, wisdom is seeing the elevator behind it that would have taken you to the top floor.

A wise woman knows when to stay silent. However, a wiser woman of faith knows that sometimes words can win the battle, when all odds stand against her.

Acquiring knowledge doesn't bring power into your life, until you apply what you have learned.

Angels come in many forms, but they always bring the same message--wisdom.

You can find anyone that will tell you what you want to hear, but the only one worth valuing is the one that tells you what you need to learn.

Sometimes your belief system is really your fears attached to rules.

Shame without repentance doesn't lose power when it is spoken, it only seeks approval.

If there was any great lesson in life it was this: No battle was ever won with silence.

When you lose your ego, you win. It really is that simple.

It doesn't matter who said it, as long as it changed you.

Love will drive you insane, but never let it drive you stupid or blind.

Communication is the one class no one graduates from. Even the wisest man's words will be misinterpreted by a fool.

The only people that can't handle the truth are those that suffer so much anxiety that they will live in denial, in order to prevent their illusion from being destroyed and feeling more anxiety.

Bitter people are not interested in what you say, but what you hide.

A coward talks to everyone but YOU.

The people that truly love us in life don't fight for us to remain a doormat for others.

You don't walk away to prove your worth. You walk away because you allowed someone else to dictate your value and you found yourself believing it.