“Sometimes life is like that...Things that seem bad at the time are really blessings.” — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
At one time in my career, Barnes and Noble bookstores categorized my books as religious fiction. — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
It is in the dark times that the light of friendship shines brightest. — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
Some people spend so much time hunting treasure that they fail to see it all around them. It's like sifting through gold… — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
Rarely do we invest the time to open the book of another's life. When we do, we are usually surprised to find… — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
It was the first time that I had ever been romantically kissed. It was even better than the chocolate cake. — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
It has been a mistake living my life in the past. One cannot ride a horse backwards and still hold its reins. — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
“It's good to take counsel from the past but not to be ruled by it. Otherwise we end up using today to… — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
“It is in the dark times that the light of friendship shines brightest. (The Walk - Chapter 19, Page 122” — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
“The past makes a good bishop but a poor king…it's good to take counsel from the past but not to be ruled… — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
“Yes, she’s fine. She’s rereading one of your books. There’s not many authors she likes, so if there’s nothing new, she just… — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
“Grief isn't a luxury; it's an appropriate response to loss. You don't just will it away. If you allow it to run… — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
Psychologists tested the story of the Good Samaritan. What they learned gives us reason to pause. The greatest determinant of who stopped… — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
The assumption of time is one of humanity's greatest follies. We tell ourselves that there's always tomorrow, when we can no more… — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
There are moments, it would seem, that were created in cosmic theater where we are given strange and fantastic tests. In these… — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
“For the third time since I began, my walk has been delayed. In the beginning, I had considered these stops on my… — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
It is often during the worst of times that we see the best of humanity–awakening within the most ordinary of us that… — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
“It's not always wrong to quit. We should never hold onto a mistake just because we spent a lot of time making… — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
“It's dark times like these that present us the canvas where we paint our own greatness.” — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
“They say that time heals all wounds. But even as wounds heal they leave scars, token reminders of the pain.” — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
Some so fear the future that they suffocate the present. It's like committing suicide to avoid being murdered. — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
To deny our pasts is to burn the bridge we must cross to self-understanding. — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
“The things that are the most necessary, the most critical to us, are the things we take most for granted. Air. Water.… — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
“Love yourself. Respect yourself. And have faith. The older I get, the more I see that things tend to work out. Not… — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
“And if our lives are but a single flash in the dark hollow of eternity, then if, but for the briefest of… — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
“…Or he could choose life. At that pivotal moment, it occurred to him that with all his schooling in theology he had,… — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
“I am not a believer in love at first sight. For love, in its truest form, is not the thing of starry-eyed… — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
“I've found that when someone is beautiful on the outside, but spiritually dark inside, all that outer beauty is just lipstick on a pig.… — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
There are none so impoverished as those who do not acknowledge the abundance of their lives — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
It's our memories that make us who we are. Without them, we're nothing. If that means we have to hurt sometimes, it's worth it. — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
At one time in my career, Barnes and Noble bookstores categorized my books as religious fiction. — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
“I'm no one important or famous, no matter. It is better to be loved by one person who knows your soul than millions who… — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
“Simply stated, earth is a school-a divine educational process custom-fit to each of us.” — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
So much of young adult literature has turned dark, almost pathological. It's almost as if there is a race to see who can be… — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
If the errors of my life have profited me one great truth it is this: believe. Believe in your destiny and the star from… — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
Some people in this world have stopped looking for beauty, then wonder why their lives are so ugly. Don't be like them. The ability… — Richard Paul Evans Copy Share Image
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