“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.”
"Anger, resentment, and jealousy doesn't change the heart of others-- it only changes yours."
- Shannon Alder
Awareness
"Second chances are not given to make things right, but to prove that we could be better even after we fall."
- Shannon Alder
Personal Growth
"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."
- Shannon Alder
Self-esteem
"Time doesn’t heal all wounds, only distance can lessen the sting of them."
- Shannon Alder
Healing
""I am not a perfect person by any means. I am far from it. But I try to live my life so that I would be proud of my children if they turned out just like me.""
- Shannon Alder
Self-improvement
"Happiness is possible even in the midst of darkness."
- Beauty and the Beast
Hope
"No one is beyond redemption."
- Beauty and the Beast
Hope
"You will … hear us declare with Moroni that hope is essential if we are to ‘receive [the] inheritance [God] hast prepared [for us]’ [Ether 12:32]. We want you to claim that inheritance as sons and daughters of a king. To do that, we must realize that hope is not just the message and manner of the naturally optimistic; it is the privilege of everyone who believes."
- Elder Jeffrey R. Holland
Hope
"Keep a little fire burning; however small, however hidden."
- Cormac McCarthy
Hope
"Light tomorrow with today."
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Hope