People have set moral standards for me my entire life, yet they have always left off the ones that they couldn't keep.

—Shannon L. Alder

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Forget what hurt you in the past, but never forget what it taught you. However, if it taught you to hold onto grudges, seek revenge, not forgive or show compassion, to categorize people as good or bad, to distrust and be guarded with your feelings then you didn't learn a thing.

—Shannon L. Alder

Sensitive people usually love deeply and hate deeply. They don't know any other way to live than by extremes because their emotional thermostat is broken.

—Shannon L. Alder

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I don't believe in the Law of Attraction. There were things I wanted in my life that no amount of positive thinking was going to make it a reality for me. However, I have learned to believe in the Law of Tough Love. Life has thrown a dozen tragedies at me. I now realize that life is not about fulfilling a wish list; rather a need list. Good and bad experiences are on the horizon. How else does a person change, grow and evolve?

—Shannon L. Alder

If you have to convince someone to stay with you, then they have already left.

—Shannon L. Alder

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Try not to be a man or woman of success, but rather a man or woman of inspiration. If you're successful, they will flock to you for money or fame, but if you're inspirational, they will flock to you because they love your soul and how you change theirs.

—Shannon L. Alder

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The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from.

—Andrew S. Tanenbaum

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Where humor is concerned there are no standards—no one can say what is good or bad, although you can be sure that everyone will.

—John Kenneth Galbraith

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The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.

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It is necessary, and even vital, to set standards for your life and the people you allow in it.

—Mandy Hale in The Single Woman

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