The smells of Christmas are the smells of childhood [p. 53] — Richard Paul Evans Childhood Copy Share Image
Life is what happens to us while we're planning something else. — Richard Paul Evans Happens Copy Share Image
Things that seem bad at the time are really blessings. — Richard Paul Evans Bad time Copy Share Image
Forgiveness does not require us to close our eyes but rather to truly open them. — Richard Paul Evans Doe Copy Share Image
No,' he said, 'you only have to live long enough to inspire others to do great things. — Richard Paul Evans Enough Copy Share Image
Dwelling on him would make him a bigger part of my life than I want him to be. — Richard Paul Evans Bigger Copy Share Image
There are none so impoverished as those who do not acknowledge the abundance of their lives — Richard Paul Evans Abundance Copy Share Image
In your hurry to keep Christmas, you have forgotten Christmas. The truest gift of Christmas is the gift of self. — Richard Paul Evans Christmas Copy Share Image
“It is that to which we cling that drags us to the bottom of the abyss. There is real power at having… — Richard Paul Evans Abyss Copy Share Image
“It is oftentimes a blessing to not know our limitations. It's the only way to accomplish the impossible.” — Richard Paul Evans Blessing Copy Share Image
“The truist indication of gratitude is to return what you are grateful for.” — Richard Paul Evans Grateful Copy Share Image
I have a penchant for fresh notebooks and mechanical pencils. It seems every time I go to the store, I buy a… — Richard Paul Evans Dozen 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 Death Copy Share Image
I have learned a great truth of life. We do not succeed in spite of our challenges and difficulties, but rather, precisely… — Richard Paul Evans Challenges Copy Share Image
“I would say that I was without faith, but no one is truly faithless; they just have faith in the wrong things:… — Richard Paul Evans Failure Copy Share Image
I have learned that real angels don't have gossamer white robes and Cherubic skin, they have calloused hands and smell of the… — Richard Paul Evans Angel Copy Share Image
“I sighed. "Now what do I do?" He leaned against my wall. "What do you want to do?" "Since when has that… — Richard Paul Evans Mattered Copy Share Image
The idea of being a novelist is really romantic, but it's kind of the same as being president of the United States… — Richard Paul Evans Ideas Copy Share Image
“I believe it's after the honeymoon ends that true love begins. It's in the hard times that the greater virtues of love… — Richard Paul Evans Hard time 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… — Richard Paul Evans Famous Copy Share Image
“I've always believed that we don't choose the life we want, we choose the life we think we deserve. We self-sabotage as… — Richard Paul Evans Cause and effect Copy Share Image
“Soon I will sleep. What shall I dream of, my love? I will dream of you, of course. And I will dream… — Richard Paul Evans Dream Copy Share Image
Some people were born to work for others. Not in a mindless, servile-way--rather they simply work better in a set regimen of… — Richard Paul Evans Born 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… — Richard Paul Evans Arrows Copy Share Image
As a boy I heard this story in church. A man was patching a pitched roof of a tall building when he… — Richard Paul Evans Being the best 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 Character 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.… — Richard Paul Evans Ability Copy Share Image
“The human life cycle no less than evolves around the box; from the open-topped box called a bassinet, to the pine box… — Richard Paul Evans Around the world Copy Share Image
“For most of my life I have thought of grace as a hope of a bright tomorrow in spite of the darkness… — Richard Paul Evans Destination Copy Share Image
Some men see mountains as obstacles. Others as a canvas. — Richard Paul Evans Canvas Copy Share Image
Don't try to write what other people are writing - write what is true to you. — Richard Paul Evans People Copy Share Image