“To persist with a goal, you must treasure the dream more than the costs of sacrifice to attain it.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“The direction you choose to face determines whether you're standing at the end or the beginning of a road.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Happiness doesn't always come in pink. Learn to appreciate the rainbow.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Employing your imagination is the first step to the fulfillment of any dream.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Beauty exists, even in unlikely places. The key isn't to open your eyes but to open your heart.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Physical attractiveness is no indicator of an individual's beauty." from "The Beauty of Ugh” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“There should ne’er be a time When a duty or dime Doth outshine The importance of family.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“I am grateful for the rare opportunities to look at my circumstances from a higher perspective, one detached from the dim outlook… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Christmas is like candy; it slowly melts in your mouth sweetening every taste bud, making you wish it could last forever.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Love—such a keen mystery prone to pierce and shatter the delicate heart. Yet it possesses more strength, power, and influence than any… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“When a person boldly declares 'You can't' he might as well add on 'Can you?' knowing that this spoken roadblock only serves… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“True love is a developed and intense appreciation for someone. It’s that perfect awareness that you are finally whole when she’s with… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“I believe in the uncommon, the unusual and unlikely, even the miraculous. I believe in nearly all things except impossibilities. That… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“When you open your mouth, listeners are offended. When you close your mouth, the expectant are offended. If a person seeks misdoing… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“There are few things better than losing yourself in a book. And if you're lucky enough to have that adventure continue in… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“My generosity must bear a cost or there’d be no value in what you gain from it. There’d be no second thought… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Life’s gonna kick you in the butt; that’s what it does. But if you gotta put up with this crap, the least… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“If only you would kiss me. Press your lips to mine like a searing iron. Wrap me in your arms as if… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Authors always carry a means for scribbling and an excuse for pausing, often inopportunely, to record those fleeting sparks of creative fancy… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Life isn't a lazy cruise on some endless, calm, and temperate sea. Life is a raging ocean with swells and tidal waves… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“It is said that you can't write without a reader. The opposite holds true as well; you can't read without a writer.… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“There are days when writing is within my power and a story unfolds along a course I've already chosen. And then there are… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“In my lifetime I have witnessed far too many miracles to believe in impossibilities, and so I am officially modifying the definition.… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
Saying 'I'm sorry' is saying 'I love you' with a wounded heart in one hand and your smothered pride in the other. — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Even the smallest tender mercy can bring peace when recognized and appreciated.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Every single voice—no matter how soft the peep—longs to be heard.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Your life is a personal lesson. For everyone else it is a loud example.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Hindsight is always easier than the dreadful moment of decision.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“I live in two unique worlds, traveling between both with just the opening or closing of my eyes.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Gratitude paints little smiley faces on everything it touches.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Life is a fierce duel with emotions and a slow war with psychology.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Rather than critique people, try admiring God’s creative handiwork.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“What I've learned about writing is that sometimes less is more, while often more is grander. And both are true.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“When I finally find that one willing agent, I'll have found my prize in the Cracker Jack box.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Life is a walk through the forest. Don't fear the trees, fear what lurks behind them.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“I am grateful for hands to tickle with. Not so grateful for that process in reverse, however.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Your tongue tends to say more about you when it blabs about other people.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“If I must start somewhere, right here and now is the best place imaginable.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Consider guilt like a street sign that warns of rough roads ahead if you don’t make a u-turn.” — 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
“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
“Two powerful, little words I've learned to use when facing challenges, fears, and doubts— so what? ” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share
“ 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
“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
“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
“Memories of past. Heartaches of old. Courage of brass. Lessons of gold.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“Rather than critique people, try admiring God’s creative handiwork.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share