Life Quotes Quote by Shannon L. Alder — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Your actions will always be what the world sees, but people who choose to see through God's eyes will always have the compassion to understand why.”

“It is easier to tell a person what life is not, rather than to tell them what it is. A child understands weeds that grow from lack of attention, in a garden. However, it is hard to explain the wild flowers that one gardener calls weeds, and another considers beautiful ground cover.”

“Always give your resume of good deeds when you run into someone that you wronged many years ago. They simply need to know today's version of you, before they judge you on yesterday's news.”

“The only real battle in life is between hanging on and letting go.”

“Chasing a person doesn’t give you value or build values in you. You earn your value by chasing morality and practicing dignity.”

“No boundary or barrier surrounds the heart of a person that loves their self and others.”

“Sometimes the clouds weren't weightless. Sometimes their bellies got dark and full. It was life. It happened. It didn't mean it wasn't scary, or that I wasn't still afraid, but now I knew that as long as I was standing under it with Braden beside me when those clouds broke, I'd be alright. We'd get rained on together. Knowing Braden he'd have a big ass umbrela to shelter us from the worst of it. That there was an uncertain future I could handle.”

“Keep good company, read good books, love good things and cultivate soul and body as faithfully as you can.”

“Just been poisoned by my gran. Nothing says Christmas better than familicide and anaphylactic shock.”

“To live in the hearts we leave behind is to live forever.”

“Genuine love should first be directed at oneself - if we do not love ourselves, how can we love others?”