--- title: "13 Believe Quotes By Richard Paul Evans" description: "13 Believe quotes by Richard Paul Evans. Plus more from Richard Paul Evans and more Believe sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfd/richard-paul-evans-1002_believe_i-believe-that-love-is-the-choice-we-mak_2455668.png" --- > [I believe that love is the choice we make to raise ourselves and others to the highest planes of existence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-paul-evans/i-believe-that-love-is-the-choice-we-make-to-raise-ourselves-and/) [Richard Paul Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-paul-evans/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfd/richard-paul-evans-1002_believe_i-believe-that-love-is-the-choice-we-mak_2455668.png) > [Raising or caring for children requires sacrifice and service, which, I believe, heals us from the destructive forces of self-centeredness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-paul-evans/raising-or-caring-for-children-requires-sacrifice-and-service-which-i/) [Richard Paul Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-paul-evans/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ac/richard-paul-evans-1002_believe_raising-or-caring-for-children-requires_137997.jpg) > [Everybody needs love. Everybody. Those who don't believe that frighten me a little.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-paul-evans/everybody-needs-love-everybody-those-who-don-t-believe-that-frighten/) [Richard Paul Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-paul-evans/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/345/richard-paul-evans-1002_believe_everybody-needs-love-everybody-those-who_739139.png) > [I believe that we were meant to live as social creatures, to reach out and bless each other's lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-paul-evans/i-believe-that-we-were-meant-to-live-as-social-creatures-to-reach-out/) [Richard Paul Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-paul-evans/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc8/richard-paul-evans-1002_believe_i-believe-that-we-were-meant-to-live-as_199027.png) > [I believe that in spite of the chains we bind ourselves with, there's a primordial section of the human psyche that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-paul-evans/i-believe-that-in-spite-of-the-chains-we-bind-ourselves-with-there-s/) [Richard Paul Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-paul-evans/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5af/richard-paul-evans-1002_believe_i-believe-that-in-spite-of-the-chains-we_1071712.png) > [It is a peculiar thing to believe that you know someone intimately only to find that you really do not. It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-paul-evans/it-is-a-peculiar-thing-to-believe-that-you-know-someone-intimately/) [Richard Paul Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-paul-evans/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bba/richard-paul-evans-1002_believe_it-is-a-peculiar-thing-to-believe-that-y_1502950.jpg) > [We carry around in our heads these pictures of what our lives are supposed to look like, painted by the brush of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-paul-evans/we-carry-around-in-our-heads-these-pictures-of-what-our-lives-are/) [Richard Paul Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-paul-evans/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ff/richard-paul-evans-1002_believe_we-carry-around-in-our-heads-these-pictu_851889.png) > [I have come to believe that we do not walk alone in this life. There are others, fellow sojourners, whose journeys are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-paul-evans/i-have-come-to-believe-that-we-do-not-walk-alone-in-this-life-there/) [Richard Paul Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-paul-evans/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d80/richard-paul-evans-1002_believe_i-have-come-to-believe-that-we-do-not-wa_2848746.jpg) > [It's almost as difficult to believe that someone with so many trials could harbor such hope, as that there are those with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-paul-evans/it-s-almost-as-difficult-to-believe-that-someone-with-so-many-trials/) [Richard Paul Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-paul-evans/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dad/richard-paul-evans-1002_advantage_it-s-almost-as-difficult-to-believe-that_1892304.png) > [If the errors of my life have profited me one great truth it is this: believe. Believe in your destiny and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-paul-evans/if-the-errors-of-my-life-have-profited-me-one-great-truth-it-is-this/) [Richard Paul Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-paul-evans/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6b/richard-paul-evans-1002_arrows_if-the-errors-of-my-life-have-profited-m_95793.jpg) > [We humans are born egocentric. The sky thunders and children believe that God is mad at them for something they've done -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-paul-evans/we-humans-are-born-egocentric-the-sky-thunders-and-children-believe/) [Richard Paul Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-paul-evans/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08b/richard-paul-evans-1002_be-good_we-humans-are-born-egocentric-the-sky-th_1551033.jpg) > [It is often during the worst of times that we see the best of humanity–awakening within the most ordinary of us that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-paul-evans/it-is-often-during-the-worst-of-times-that-we-see-the-best-of/) [Richard Paul Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-paul-evans/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6cc/richard-paul-evans-1002_adversity_it-is-often-during-the-worst-of-times-th_1902380.png) > [“Believe. Believe in your destiny and the star from which it shines. Believe you have been sent from God as an arrow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-paul-evans/believe-believe-in-your-destiny-and-the-star-from-which-it-shines/) [Richard Paul Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-paul-evans/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e1b/richard-paul-evans-1002_believe_believe-believe-in-your-destiny-and-the_2111798.jpg) ## Other authors on Believe ## More by Richard Paul Evans > [ The smells of Christmas are the smells of childhood \[p. 53\] ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-paul-evans/the-smells-of-christmas-are-the-smells-of-childhood-p-53/) [Richard Paul Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-paul-evans/) > [We are chained to that which we do not forgive](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-paul-evans/we-are-chained-to-that-which-we-do-not-forgive/) [Richard Paul Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-paul-evans/) > [“I've found that when someone is beautiful on the outside, but spiritually dark inside, all that outer beauty is just lipstick on a pig.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-paul-evans/i-ve-found-that-when-someone-is-beautiful-on-the-outside-but/) [Richard Paul Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-paul-evans/) > [There are none so impoverished as those who do not acknowledge the abundance of their lives](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-paul-evans/there-are-none-so-impoverished-as-those-who-do-not-acknowledge-the/) [Richard Paul Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-paul-evans/) > [It's our memories that make us who we are. Without them, we're nothing. If that means we have to hurt sometimes, it's worth it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-paul-evans/it-s-our-memories-that-make-us-who-we-are-without-them-we-re-nothing/) [Richard Paul Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-paul-evans/) > [At one time in my career, Barnes and Noble bookstores categorized my books as religious fiction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-paul-evans/at-one-time-in-my-career-barnes-and-noble-bookstores-categorized-my/) [Richard Paul Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-paul-evans/) > [“I'm no one important or famous, no matter. It is better to be loved by one person who knows your soul than millions who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-paul-evans/i-m-no-one-important-or-famous-no-matter-it-is-better-to-be-loved-by/) [Richard Paul Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-paul-evans/) > [The first step of a journey is always the longest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-paul-evans/the-first-step-of-a-journey-is-always-the-longest/) [Richard Paul Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-paul-evans/) > [“Simply stated, earth is a school-a divine educational process custom-fit to each of us.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-paul-evans/simply-stated-earth-is-a-school-a-divine-educational-process-custom/) [Richard Paul Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-paul-evans/) > [So much of young adult literature has turned dark, almost pathological. It's almost as if there is a race to see who can be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-paul-evans/so-much-of-young-adult-literature-has-turned-dark-almost-pathological/) [Richard Paul Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-paul-evans/) > [If the errors of my life have profited me one great truth it is this: believe. Believe in your destiny and the star from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-paul-evans/if-the-errors-of-my-life-have-profited-me-one-great-truth-it-is-this/) [Richard Paul Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-paul-evans/) > [Some people in this world have stopped looking for beauty, then wonder why their lives are so ugly. Don't be like them. The ability…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-paul-evans/some-people-in-this-world-have-stopped-looking-for-beauty-then-wonder/) [Richard Paul Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-paul-evans/) > [“There's a big difference between us. I write non-fiction, you write fiction. I write truths that tell lies. You write lies that tell truths.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-paul-evans/there-s-a-big-difference-between-us-i-write-non-fiction-you-write/) [Richard Paul Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-paul-evans/) > [As a boy I heard this story in church. A man was patching a pitched roof of a tall building when he began sliding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-paul-evans/as-a-boy-i-heard-this-story-in-church-a-man-was-patching-a-pitched/) [Richard Paul Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-paul-evans/) > [I am facing the most difficult thing of my life, my own greatest failure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-paul-evans/i-am-facing-the-most-difficult-thing-of-my-life-my-own-greatest/) [Richard Paul Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-paul-evans/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/believe/richard-paul-evans/#itemlist", "name": "13 Believe Quotes By Richard Paul Evans", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I believe that love is the choice we make to raise ourselves and others to the highest planes of existence.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Richard Paul Evans" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-paul-evans/i-believe-that-love-is-the-choice-we-make-to-raise-ourselves-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfd/richard-paul-evans-1002_believe_i-believe-that-love-is-the-choice-we-mak_2455668.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfd/richard-paul-evans-1002_believe_i-believe-that-love-is-the-choice-we-mak_2455668.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfd/richard-paul-evans-1002_believe_i-believe-that-love-is-the-choice-we-mak_2455668.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I believe that love is the choice we make to raise ourselves and others to the highest planes of existence.” — Richard Paul Evans", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Raising or caring for children requires sacrifice and service, which, I believe, heals us from the destructive forces of self-centeredness.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Richard Paul Evans" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-paul-evans/raising-or-caring-for-children-requires-sacrifice-and-service-which-i/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ac/richard-paul-evans-1002_believe_raising-or-caring-for-children-requires_137997.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ac/richard-paul-evans-1002_believe_raising-or-caring-for-children-requires_137997.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ac/richard-paul-evans-1002_believe_raising-or-caring-for-children-requires_137997.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Raising or caring for children requires sacrifice and service, which, I believe, heals us from the…” — Richard Paul Evans", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Everybody needs love. 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Believe in your destiny and the star from which it shines. Believe you have been sent from God as an arrow pulled from his own bow. It is the single universal trait which the great of this earth have all shared, while the shadows are fraught with ghosts who roam the winds with mournful wails of regret on their lips. 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