“"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."”
"Anger, resentment, and jealousy doesn't change the heart of others-- it only changes yours."
- Shannon Alder
Awareness
"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."
- Shannon Alder
Hope
"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
"True freedom is impossible without a mind made free by discipline."
- Mortimer J. Adler
Self-improvement
"You will never always be motivated. You have to learn to be disciplined."
- Anon
Self-improvement
"Do not think about other things, there is only one thing you can do. So master that one thing. Do not forget. What you must imagine is always that you, yourself, are the strongest. You do not need outside enemies. For you, the one you have to fight is none other than your own image."
- Archer
Self-improvement
"You need to accept the fact that you’re not the best and have all the will to strive to be better than anyone you face."
- Roronoa Zoro
Self-improvement
"Take a page from the dragonfly's book – be vibrant and let your true colors shine"
Self-improvement