“Fear is not respect. It is but a conniving, little weasel next to that mighty lion. They are a far, far cry… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Far more important than the tribulations and heartaches, the thrills, merriment, and pleasures of life is what you learn from it all.… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“There are many who don't wish to sleep for fear of nightmares. Sadly, there are many who don't wish to wake for… — Richelle Goodrich Copy Share Image
“I love you because you loved me first. Yet you love me, saying I loved you first. Funny, our love thrives believing… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Find much to be grateful for in every day. Doing so will not only enrich your life, it will bless those around… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Smile wide to receive many smiles in return. But if you want a good laugh, smirk like a wicked, little imp and… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Life is not about having perfect days. Life is not about handling days perfectly. Life is about perfecting one’s character through the… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Art and the artist meet in stages, slowly revealing themselves until both are satisfied with what the other has become.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Yes, happiness is dependent upon misery. For we all feel a swell of happiness after our circumstances improve from a misery recently… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“No misery compares to staring at a clear night's sky with arms stretched toward a coveted star, wishing on what is forever… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Remember this—the journey is part of the dream. Whatever it is you're chasing, so long as you are actively moving in the… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Sorrow on another's face often looks like coldness, bitterness, resentment, unfriendliness, apathy, disdain, or disinterest when it is in truth purely sadness.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“To fight discouragement, remind yourself of the basics: I can write. I have the opportunity to do so. I love what I… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“This thing that troubles you is only one small part of your life. Don't allow it to be all-consuming when there's so… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Though I may accumulate a great deal of riches in this world, it is only my wealth of knowledge, talents, and emotional… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Every now and then I sit and watch the sun rise to remind myself how it's done—peacefully, steadily, warmly, and in beautiful… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“One of the most critical decisions made in life is choosing with whom to spend your time. For it is those close… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Through sheer volume of passing days you will travel a great distance in your lifetime. Imagine where you might stand if your… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Life requires us to do things anyway, despite what sort of fear or monster or tragedy or suffering lurks behind that anyway. ” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Silly little monster” all would say. They’d scratch its head and turn away until it snatched their tiny noses. They couldn’t even… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“No one is born a sprinter. We all learn to push ourselves up from the floor and then balance before taking that… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Your opponent's wrong doesn't automatically make you right. Most fights aren't about who's right; they are contention over degrees of wrongness.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“To be a rainbow in someone’s cloud is commendable, but I prefer to be the rain because it dampens cheeks and washes… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“No matter how hard they try, they'll never create anything so perfectly beautiful as what plays out in my own imagination.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Some decisions in life naturally lead to an unhappy ending, leaving you sinking by degrees in a lake of quicksand. And, unless… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“What a grim feeling it is to come across a written line so exceptionally inspiring that your first reaction is, 'Criminy, why… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“The effects of loss are acute, and unique to each individual. Not everyone mourns in the same way, but everyone mourns.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Every once in a while God allows you to stub your toe as a kind reminder to be grateful for the miraculous… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Okay, let's put this another way―if what you're about to say wouldn't look good permanently engraved on your tombstone, bite your tongue.… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“We live that we might have experience; that through it we might gain wisdom, compassion, faith, and inner strength.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Perfection is a paradigm meant to keep us striving and learning and growing. Like a wondrous sunset, perfection may be beyond our… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Why certainly, words possess power. They do! But releasing their magic requires combining and arranging those words in the right order.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Vengeance, retaliation, retribution, revenge are deceitful brothers—vile, beguiling demons promising justifiable compensation to a pained soul for his losses. Yet in truth… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Why hasn't someone lassoed a few teenagers and had them sit down and write out all the supposed answers they have so… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“There is a sky full of stars aplenty, and all you can babble about is a cold, little rock we call the… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“The most powerful and courageous heroes I know are those who bite their tongues when justification, validation, temptation, or vengeance would have… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“To punish someone for your own mistakes or for the consequences of your own actions, to harm another by shifting blame that… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“My soul, I’ve found, has puppet strings to make me droop or give me wings. And music is the puppeteer that turns… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“The cup is both half full and half empty; it has never been one or the other. Stop obsessing over a trivial… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“When we all part from this life and gather on the other side, the only thing each of us will have to… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
