“There is nothing intelligent about not standing up for yourself. You may not win every battle. However, everyone will at least know what you stood for – you.”
"A heart worth loving is one you understand, even in silence."
- Shannon L. Alder
Love
"You had me at hello, goodbye and everything in between."
- Shannon L. Alder
Love
"The true definition of mental illness is when the majority of your time is spent in the past or future, but rarely living in the realism of NOW."
- Shannon L. Alder
Awareness
"The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn’t being said. The art of reading between the lines is a lifelong quest of the wise."
- Shannon L. Alder
Awareness
"Most misunderstandings in the world could be avoided if people would simply take the time to ask, 'What else could this mean?'"
- Shannon L. Alder
Awareness
"The greatest strength lies in vulnerability."
- Beauty and the Beast
Courage
"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear."
- Mark Twain
Courage
"I am learning every day to allow the space between where I am and where I want to be to inspire me and not terrify me."
- Tracee Ellis Ross
Courage
"If your dreams don’t scare you, they’re not big enough."
- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Courage
"Courage, dear heart."
- C.S. Lewis
Courage