Richard Paul Evans

I have Tourettes syndrome.

— Richard Paul Evans

“One day McKenna got hot enough”

— Richard Paul Evans

I'm a humble guy, okay?

— Richard Paul Evans

Regret is the most tiresome of companions.

— Richard Paul Evans

Life is not yours to take.

— Richard Paul Evans

“What a difference having a friend makes.”

— Richard Paul Evans

I absolutely love playing the game 'Risk.

— Richard Paul Evans

“Deep in our hearts everyone walks free.”

— Richard Paul Evans

“The smells of Christmas are the smells of childhood”

— Richard Paul Evans

...even the most horribl e of nightmares is laced with the promise of dawn.

— Richard Paul Evans

Nothing heals the soul like chocolate ... It's God's apology for broccoli.

— Richard Paul Evans

“We live in a world that’s always making us work for love.”

— Richard Paul Evans

Without great mountains we cannot reach great heights.

— Richard Paul Evans

We stone our prophets, then build monuments to them after they're gone.

— Richard Paul Evans

“My parents haven’t reached out to me once. They’re religious but not godly.”

— Richard Paul Evans

“To truly live is more than taking the next breath---it's to hope and dream and love.”

— Richard Paul Evans

There are none so impoverished as those who do not acknowledge the abundance of their lives

— Richard Paul Evans

Everyone has problems. It's how you choose to deal with them. Some people choose to be whiners some choose to be winners.…

— Richard Paul Evans

“It’s because the very core of their identity is called into question. Whether they’re guilty or not makes almost no difference. That’s…

— Richard Paul Evans

“They say that time heals all wounds. But even as wounds heal they leave scars, token reminders of the pain.”

— Richard Paul Evans

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

“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

“It's dark times like these that present us the canvas where we paint our own greatness.”

— Richard Paul Evans

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

“You know how before you buy a house you hire someone to come check it out and write a homebuyer's report? Someone…

— Richard Paul Evans

“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

There's a problem with marrying up. You always worry that someday they'll see through you and leave. Or, worse yet, someone better…

— Richard Paul Evans

“I work at a retirement home. I'm a CNA.” “What's that?” “It stands for Certified Nursing Assistant.” “That sounds important,” I said.…

— Richard Paul Evans

“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

Iwas not a reader at all, not until I discovered 'The Hobbit.' That changed my life. It gave me the courage to…

— Richard Paul Evans

“We climb mountains because the valleys are full of cemeteries. The secret of survival is to climb, even in the dark, even…

— Richard Paul Evans

“Life is a house of cards, balanced on a tetter-totter, precariously perched on a roller coaster. The only thing that should surprise…

— Richard Paul Evans

“ What if we all carried little timers that counted down the days of our lives?  Maybe the timer's a bit…

— Richard Paul Evans

You know, I've wondered if it's more painful to lose someone you love to death or to lose someone you love because…

— Richard Paul Evans

I see people getting so caught up in celebrating diversity that they are neglecting their commonality. I don't see this as a…

— Richard Paul Evans

“…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

“Believe. Believe in your destiny and the star from which it shines. Believe you have been sent from God as an arrow…

— Richard Paul Evans

“Zits,” I said. “Z-I-T-S. Actually, I don’t think you even need electric bolts. You could just breathe on us.” I looked him…

— Richard Paul Evans

“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

“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