“If you mess with dragons, you will get burned. Don’t say no one warned you.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Yes, you can. You can do it. You can do hard things. Do the hard.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Determination Copy Share Image
“Children harbor a great many doubts and sorrows that could be eased by a loving hug from a parent.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Child Copy Share Image
“Mothers give us life, love, and the heartfelt inclination to cry 'I want my mommy' no matter how old we get.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Life Copy Share Image
“If miracles are no more, it is because faith is no more. Faith brings about miracles, not the other way around.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Faith Copy Share Image
“Happiness is simply a habit of looking on the brighter side of everything.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Bright side Copy Share Image
“I'm a sucker for curiosity's whims. Does that make me a cat person?” — Richelle E. Goodrich Cats Copy Share Image
“The bitterest hardships, the most daunting trials; none of these are burdens if it means being with you.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Adversity Copy Share Image
“Minutes turn into hours that add up to days amounting to weeks that become months melting into years accumulating for decades to… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Truly there are different kinds of pain. But the most agonizing is the pain of regret, for which there is no lasting… — Richelle E. Goodrich Agony Copy Share Image
“There are far too many silent sufferers. Not because they don't yearn to reach out, but because they've tried and found no… — Richelle E. Goodrich Abuse Copy Share Image
“A moment of torture feels like an eternity, while an eternity of joy passes in a moment. Perhaps time is naught but… — Richelle E. Goodrich Eternity Copy Share Image
“I saw a man climb a mountain with no feet or hands and barely a stump for each arm and leg. At… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Prayer: The act of falling to your knees in pleading fashion, seeking help from a greater power than all else to have… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“True love takes time. It’s an earned comfort that tells you she’ll be right there beside you no matter what you do,… — Richelle E. Goodrich Comfort Copy Share Image
“The only thing you can justifiably claim that life owes you is an equal measure of what you have given out. And… — Richelle E. Goodrich Justice Copy Share Image
“God cries for us in the same way we cry for others. His tears most often spill over for the pain and… — Richelle E. Goodrich Accountability Copy Share Image
“As a writer, you must truly possess a love for words." "Yes, that's right," I agreed. "I've noticed that some authors favor… — Richelle E. Goodrich Author Copy Share Image
“We grow up opposing our parents only to become like them enough to oppose our children who behave as we once did—a… — Richelle E. Goodrich Children Copy Share Image
“Monsters excite us in this way or that. They make our pulse thrum and steal lives from the cat! They're frightening creatures,… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Our greatest duty to our children is to love them first. Secondly, it is to teach them. Not to frighten, force, or… — Richelle E. Goodrich Child Copy Share Image
“There is a point when the anguished soul finally despairs. A moment in life when the heart, the will, even the spirit… — Richelle E. Goodrich Death Copy Share Image
“A little porch light from a distant farmhouse dimmed, feeling alone and unneeded until his smallest spark of illumination snuffed out entirely.… — Richelle E. Goodrich Consequence Copy Share Image
“On Easter we wrap up pretty, little decorated eggs symbolizing life and renewal. We do this because of the intangibility of a… — Richelle E. Goodrich Easter Copy Share Image
“A sincere and warmly-expressed apology can produce the same effects as morphine on a suffering soul.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Choose altruism, because selfishism is a lonely, cold, dark hole.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Altruism Copy Share Image
“Every birthday celebrates a life because every life is important.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Birthday Copy Share Image
“Kindness is going out of your way to perform favors regarded as wonderful by the recipient.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Had life not given me reasons to grieve, I would never have known the healing power of a hug.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Enemies may unite to eliminate a common threat, but never without a wary eye fixed on their ally.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Allies Copy Share Image
“It's mind-boggling how many different worlds people live in on this one planet.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“The place where you continually return for love and acceptance—that's home.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Acceptance Copy Share Image
“Life is a bonfire where everyone else has brought marshmallows, and you—a stick.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
Happiness depends upon two things - pleasing God, and then pleasing yourself — Richelle E. Goodrich God Copy Share Image
“Problems are never as difficult as when they are your own.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Adversity Copy Share Image
“When I sit down to write I actually ask myself, 'Who do you want to be today?' ” — Richelle E. Goodrich Author Copy Share Image
“You are the only being exactly like you who will ever grace this earth. That makes you extraordinary.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“While 'Once upon a time' may be a great way to start a story, 'Here in the moment' is the best way… — Richelle E. Goodrich Life Copy Share Image
“ Smile. Steel it. Keep steeling it. Laugh. Trill it. Keep trilling it. Love. Feel it. Keep feeling it.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Adventure Copy Share Image
“In sleep I visit the vast unknown to dream wondrous possibilities into existence.” — Richelle E. Goodrich Dream Copy Share Image
