Quotes from Shannon L. Alder

The only person I compete with is Satan. If that happens to be you, then could you please move out of the way? You're standing in Christ's spot.

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

There really is no sense in pretending to be normal. Just be you because the moment you do, weirder things happen. Crazy comes back into fashion and every woman has to go out and find her some.

Give up trying to convince people who you are, instead confuse them. It is a lot more fun!

Inspirational people weren't meant to be enablers. They were meant to empower!

Your religion is not what you do on Sunday. It is how you live Monday through Saturday.

The most influential people you will ever meet were once held together by the encouragement of others.

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

The problem isn't that I think so highly of myself. It is just that you think so little of yourself. Live life BIG, BOLD and OUT LOUD!

Whether you deny your wounds or see them clearly, they bring a great source of power because they lived in the same place as your heart.

There is always a storm. There is always rain. Some experience it. Some live through it. And others are made from it.

How you correct your mistakes will define your character and commitment to a higher power.

They say there is six degrees of separation between you and another person. However, when people are praying for you there are only two degrees.

You will know if you are on the right path when God directs your choices, not your spouse or significant other.

If God didn't want me to cross boundaries, then he wouldn't have made me a writer.

The moon will guide you through the night with her brightness, but she will always dwell in the darkness, in order to be seen.

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

If you haven't cried at least once while writing a chapter of your inspirational book, then you have to ask yourself if your're writing fiction.

When criticism doesn't make sense, it is usually coming from a different place.

When people don't respect one another seldom is there honesty.

Either, you are in love with someone or you're not. Fear is complicated, not love.

Immorality is the word we use to describe people that are not sinning the same way we are.

Some of the best mysteries end in a love story.

While you were busy trying to prove God stands behind you, God was before me lighting the trail, so he could lead us both.