“If there is one word in the universe capable of softening hearts, it is this: Mommy.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“It is to our own detriment that we underestimate the might of small and simple things.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Sadness is the heart withdrawing to seek shelter from the pain.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“A pang of guilt, like a blaring siren, should never be ignored.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“A great father is one whose children look up to him rather than away from him.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Stubbornness is surely just taut-jawed, clenched-fisted madness.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“I love you, Mom. ___I love you more. I love you to the moon! ___I love you to my core.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Sympathy is imagining the pain. Empathy is having suffered through it first.” — 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
“Friends make everything easier. If you want to succeed at a challenge, involve your friends. They have an amazing capacity to lighten… — 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
“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
“It's easy to offer advice on trials that have caused you to stumble. It's harder to talk about those that have knocked… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“A hero is a person who, without a second thought, simply does the right thing because his conscience cannot live with any… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“As a writer, I see the saga of your life in a single glimpse. It may be inaccurate, but my version doesn't… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“A truly humble apology works to part storm clouds, calm rough seas, and bring on the soft lights of dawn; it has… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Have you honestly pondered your individual worth? Consider every lower life form in the world—the animals, plants, fouls and fishes. Consider the… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“You can capture this body of mine, take away my freedom and enslave me. You may even have the power to capture… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Be loved for who you are, for everything that constitutes you. Be loved for your core beliefs, your strengths and weaknesses, your… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Thank you for the day and night, for rainy spells and summer’s light. Thank you for the skies of blue and puffy… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Not everyone will like you or take the time to understand you. Some people lack the capacity. Don’t worry; it’s okay. Their… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“What is the right tool, the best option, the choicest gift, the winning hand, the greatest relief, the finest revenge, the sweetest… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“It seems a peculiar thing when I go to fill my own cup; it remains empty as if the liquid evaporates as… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Lavender lilies all dotted with spots. Sun-yellow daffodils clustered in pots. Blue morning-glories climb trellises high. Powder-white asters like stars in the… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“All you can do is start where you are. But you can start—right here, right now. You absolutely can.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Birthdays were made for going wild over the people we think are amazing.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“There would be no cloud-nine days without rock-bottom moments left below.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
The most common lie uttered without thought, sincerity, resolve, or guilt: I love you. — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Meanness is a monster that usurps your self-control because you cowardly allow it to conquer you.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Sipping tea with glee beneath a gooseberry tree. I wish Alice were here. Oh, my dear, do not fear, she will be.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“It is a fight to let go of a past that refuses to withdraw its sticky tentacles from your present.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Vultures pick the meat clean off a bone. Guilt eats at the marrow, leaving a man hollow.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“ M others O ffer T heir H earts as an E ternal R esting S pot” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“I can overlook the lie; what's harder to ignore is the grotesque way it has marred your character.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Time is a power of its own, and it may be the only power by which some miracles come to pass.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Barking at people earns their respect about as effectively as staring into the sun improves your vision.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Superman’s scourge is kryptonite. Fear’s kryptonite is laughter.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“The ears and the heart are connected, it’s true, for when ears open wide, the heart opens up too.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Friends are those crazy people who keep coming back, in spite of being exposed to the real you.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Have you ever noticed how the most intriguing individual in the room seems content to listen sooner than speak?” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Truth is, I’m generally happiest when it’s just me. It’s okay to be madly in love with yourself.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“As ofttimes as it rains on my little spot of earth, you'd think I'd grow accustomed to the gloom.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Two powerful, little words I've learned to use when facing challenges, fears, and doubts— so what? ” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“ Happily-ever-afters don't come in happily-every-days . They are found at the end of challenges-ever-met, promises-ever-kept, and tears-ever-wept.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Curiosity killed the cat, but not before teaching her that honey bees are not sweet, tweeting birds are slow to react, mice can serve… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“A session of boasting won't attract any real friends. It will set you up on a pedestal, however, making you a clearer target.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Memories of past. Heartaches of old. Courage of brass. Lessons of gold.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Mystery, why so attractive to me? You blind me with fear, place hope on my tongue, and with a cold kiss draw me forward.… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“It's amusing to me that we refer to people who live in their heads as detached, disturbed, or mad, when reality for anyone is… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Such a nasty bruise,” he says, staring straight into my eyes. I am stunned he can see it. Delicate to the touch and tender… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“You would think those who have endured unkindness would be kinder as a result, intent on sparing others the awful suffering they abhorred firsthand.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“While you judge me by my outward appearance I am silently doing the same to you, even though there's a ninety-percent chance that in… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“You made a choice—a single choice. How neat to think you may have opened the door to a wondrous future without knowing.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“The key to valuing something is to lose it and then realize how rare it was—after which you pray like mad to regain what… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Rather than critique people, try admiring God’s creative handiwork.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
