No one likes a person that "should have" all over the place.

— Shannon L. Alder

Not doing anything can be worse than doing the wrong thing.

— Alexandra Potter

Not long ago, I learned that if I let other people tell me how God was supposed to work in my life I would be dead. If I had given into someone else’s version of God then I would have done nothing to improve my situation. The notion that “if it was meant to be, it will be”, is a pacifying, yet harmful quote, that many spiritualists use to soften the blow of anger. God is not passive. He is relentless, and he will build you through fire. He will put in your heart a need for answers. The intensity of what bothers your soul is often his voice trying to take you from the limited vision of mankind to the full view of the best life he would like to offer you. He is above any pastor, any bishop, any prophet, any church, any cleverly crafted sermon or multi-meaning verse. He is the master of his craft and the author of your forever. Inner peace is only found through action. Fear may darken the trail, but the light of peace stands at the end of such a journey ----waiting with truth.

— Shannon L. Alder

Not to punish evil is equivalent to authorizing it.

— Leonardo da Vinci

Often what people don't say or leave out, tells the real story.

— Shannon L. Alder

Oh, the others will talk and plan and make oaths and promises, but there are precious few fuckers who will do.

— Ian McGuire

One of mankind’s greatest sins is inaction in the face of injustice.

— John Kramer

Pessimism becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy it reproduces itself by crippling our willingness to act.

— Howard Zinn

Satan will tempt you with many things in life, but the most powerful is the temptation to be grateful for what you have, when it is not the best life God had to offer you.

— Shannon L. Alder

Sometimes the best way to learn a lesson isn't just hearing the words, but putting it into practice by experimenting with it and finding its truth for yourself instead of taking someone else’s word for it.

— A.J. Darkholme