“When a child truly understands his grand potential, he looks to the stars not simply to make a wish but to chart… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“To most, being locked away in solitary with nothing but pen and paper would prove a hard punishment. What a strange creature… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Prayer, faith, and vision, plus real effort too. Blend them together for one potent brew. The magical spell to your dreams coming… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“It is a great mystery to me how the problems of others seem like simple arithmetic while my own appear as complicated… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“ Life is the season for loving and caring, for laughing and caroling, giving and sharing. Christmas is meant for the same,… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Giving advice is like seeing an elephant in someone’s path and suggesting they remove it. Heeding advice requires forcing the elephant to… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Eyes, so easily deceived, might judge more rightly with lids closed, allowing ears and heart to remain wide open." from "The Beauty… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“The moment a person feels he has nothing left to learn is the moment life prepares to hit him hard enough to… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Never give up. This applies to more than goals and dreams, it is a maxim for basic daily struggles. It shapes one's… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“It is not wrong to feel sorry for yourself. Just like it is not wrong to sit in a puddle of water… — 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
“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
“Optimism: That effervescent, blindingly- bright, perky, chipper, twittering quality you want to squash out of annoying people.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“To wish for the happiest days is to wish for a season of sorrow; for it is only after prolonged, wintry darkness… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Between here and there is a journey illuminated by the rising and setting of a radiant sun. Don't miss its splendor in… — 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
“Happiness is a simple game of lost and found: Lose the things you take for granted, and you will feel great happiness… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“You can't make me be nice. You can't make me be good. You can't make me believe. But your example, your kindness,… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“You matter. You are important. There is a reason for your existence. You may not see or understand how this is true,… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“The written word can make one pause and contemplate. It can make a reader sigh to dream or question a belief in… — 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
“It's not my job to make you happy. It's your job to learn that only those who quit selfishly seeking their own… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Mr. Cat and Mr. Dog were neighbors who fought like, well, cats and dogs. That is until Mr. Rat moved in. It's… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Lies don't fit snugly into disguises. Eventually the cloak falls off and you're left staring at the naked truth which is always… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Isn’t it strange how a lamb can feel like a lion when comparing itself to a mouse, whereas a lion feels like… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Gratitude is the real treasure God wants us to find, because it isn't the pot of gold but the rainbow that colors… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“There is strength in numbers, yes, but even more so in collective good will. For those endeavors are supported by mighty forces… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“If I expect nothing of you, it will be far easier to forgive your offenses than if I place my whole world… — 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
“Rainy, gloomy, drab, sunless day. There are times when hope seems entirely clouded over, when looking for the blessings in your circumstances… — 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
“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
“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
“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
“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
