“Happiness branches from the tree of kindness, abounding with the fruit of sweet smiles.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Relax; the world's not watching that closely. It's too busy contemplating itself in the mirror.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“If you avoid all of life's abrasions you will never be polished enough to shine.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“A box sits empty, wanting to hold and protect. Hollow tears it cries.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“It's one thing to give out excellent advice, but quite another to personally swallow it.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Prove that you love me through a lingering gaze and never losing that twinkle of adoration in your eyes.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“To encourage me is to believe in me, which gives me the power to defeat dragons.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“One of the most effective things you will ever do in life, whether you care to or not, is set an example.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Prayer: The act of falling to your knees in pleading fashion, seeking help from a greater power than all else to have… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“I saw a man climb a mountain with no feet or hands and barely a stump for each arm and leg. At… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“There are far too many silent sufferers. Not because they don't yearn to reach out, but because they've tried and found no… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“A moment of torture feels like an eternity, while an eternity of joy passes in a moment. Perhaps time is naught but… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Minutes turn into hours that add up to days amounting to weeks that become months melting into years accumulating for decades to… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Truly there are different kinds of pain. But the most agonizing is the pain of regret, for which there is no lasting… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Real? Real depends upon your perspective, Annabelle. People never see life exactly the same way. The world is what you think it… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Funny thing how when you reach out, people tend to reach right back. Best, then, to make sure your hand is open… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“If you couldn't sense heat, you'd not be alive. And if that heat never grew uncomfortable, you would never move. And if… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Courage to me is doing something daring, no matter how afraid, insecure, intimidated, alone, unworthy, incapable, ridiculed or whatever other paralyzing emotion… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Your life isn't some prerecorded movie where, no matter how many times you watch it, the ending remains the same. Your life… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Take it one step at a time—inarguably wise advice. And yet we all take a running leap, hoping the wind will catch… — 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
“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
“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
“Every brush stroke on the canvas, every dab of color introduced, the fine textures impressed in the paint—this accumulation of many small… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Someone described a writer's world as tormented, and I had to laugh. A tormented writer? I personally wouldn't have put those two… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“One smile has the power to... Calm fears. Soften stone walls. Warm a cold heart. Invite a new friend. Mimic a loving… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Why don’t you just spit it out?” she said sharply. “Just say what I know you’re dying to say— ‘Eena, I told… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“I understand it was Derian who spoiled everything. He purposefully tainted your view of me and forced you to go along with… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“I never knew what Mother knowed, Like how a thread and needle sewed, And how a kiss healed boo-boos fast. Why family… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“My pain builds like storm clouds―massive, dark, and heavy with teardrops. Moisture falls torrential as if my world is a violent, eternal… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“I squinted at the western sky behind Thaddeus, a blood-red smear melting into blackness. Twisting my neck, I glanced in the opposite… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Her eyes shifted to me, piercing my soul in the process. “Your troubles are temporary, Miss Annabelle. You will grow and mature… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Hate is loud. Love, however, is so pleasantly felt it has no need to be heard.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“It has never been my goal to impress anyone but myself. That has proven challenging enough.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“The power behind living a dream lies in either believing it's a dream or knowing it's not.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Achievers are those who have redefined impossible, changing what can't be done into a work in progress. ” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“It’s simply this: the Irish kiss, a snog o’ bliss, be blessed luck from any miss.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“It is important that we remember. It is vital we do more than just remember.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“A new star, the Christ child, God's gift to mankind; these are what Christmas is made of.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“No one can convince a man of his erring ways as persuasively as experience.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
