A best friend is someone that will stand in your storm and tell you the lightening is beautiful just to make you realize that your heart was worth getting soaked.

— Shannon L. Alder

A best friend is the one person that doesn't leave you worse off by their actions or yours.

— Shannon L. Alder

A best friend is the only one that walks into your life when the world has walked out.

— Shannon L. Alder

A brilliant mind was first a listener that observed the actions of the people that loved and hated them, then found a way to express their feelings, when real communication was lost.

— Shannon L. Alder

A broken soul doesn't invest in boundaries because the world has crossed them, without mercy.

— Shannon L. Alder

Acceptable hypocrisy is often called politeness.

— Shannon L. Alder

Accomplishments don’t erase shame, hatred, cruelty, silence, ignorance, discrimination, low self-esteem or immorality. It covers it up, with a creative version of pride and ego. Only restitution, forgiving yourself and others, compassion, repentance and living with dignity will ever erase the past.

— Shannon L. Alder

A competitive and insecure woman will tell you that “true love” is never giving up on someone you're in love with. A confident and spiritual woman knows that “moving on” doesn’t mean you never loved someone. She realizes that letting go is what God needs her to do because both your happiness and hers requires taking different journeys for spiritual growth. Letting go is sometimes the hardest thing, but it is the most “real love” you will ever experience.

— Shannon L. Alder

A coward talks to everyone but YOU.

— Shannon L. Alder

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

— Shannon L. Alder