Richelle E. Goodrich, Making Wishes Quotes
When thunderstorms roll in, you make a choice to either succumb with tears to the gloomy downpour, or smile and look for rainbows.
Never believe you're so great or important, so right or proud, that you cannot kneel at the feet of someone you hurt and offer a humble, sincere apology.
I'm generally quite happy until someone tells me I'm not. I don't see how they know I'm not, but suddenly I feel less happy.
Happiness is a simple game of lost and found: Lose the things you take for granted, and you will feel great happiness once they are found.
The humanitarian is a treasure hunter seeking gems of remedy and appreciation.
I don't understand why when I wish for happiness it inevitably rains. However, I do tend to find myself grateful for sunlight once the storm ceases.
Happiness has two hands: one with strength for lifting up heavy hearts and a gentle hand for tickling.
The happiest adults are those who never buried old toys or abandoned imaginary friends.
I can't force your lips to smile, but I can show them how easily mine do.
It's strange how in childhood it feels like tomorrow won't come until the end of forever, but in adulthood it feels like the end of forever could come tomorrow.
If you plan to build walls around me, know this—I will walk through them.
Like yeast, it’s impressive how considerably an ounce of determination can make one’s efforts grow and expand.
Who told you it was too late? And more importantly, why did you choose to believe them?
To the romantic soul, the rituals of Valentine's Day echo every day of the year.
This day is the most recent set of events to define you. Every day changes your life. Every last one.
What's the point of changing who you are in order to impress a woman, when your intention is to return to who you were, a person she was never attracted to in the first place?
Punishing a person for the wrongs of another makes about as much sense as throwing up to enjoy the meal a second time.
Dress the part! Invent and pretend to your heart’s content! Act, sing, and dance while everyone’s watching! The world’s a stage, remember?
So you had a bad day. Kick it aside and be grateful for one less bad day to pass through.
Humans are forever discontent—always thinking there are better alternatives to their present circumstances.
Problems don’t actually exist. They’re just the hallucinogenic effects of people being weirded out on what they think life is supposed to be.
The richest people are those who have an abundance of what we take with us into the next life.
It is my belief that almost anyone can be had with breadcrumbs. For if you leave a trail of the right variety, your prey will come straight to you.
I wish upon a glimmering star, My hopes as distant and as far. So if this wish does not come true, I’m thankful for the few that do.
What a mother wants is to hold her babies when they’re small and to be held by them once they’ve grown tall. It’s empty arms a mother dreads.
Your life is a personal lesson. For everyone else it is a loud example.
I once thought it would take a miracle to improve my circumstances. Now, I believe it will take something far more powerful, if such a thing exists.
Making a wish is fun to do.Dreaming it out is much fun too.Work, and your wish just might come true.
I've yet to find another soul who believes in me with the same fervency as my mother.
In the middle of a grocery store, two children were horsing around (one holding the other in a headlock) when the mother turned abruptly to give them a stern repr
The bulk of life is discovering who you are—and then reconciling that with who you wish you were.
They say to never look back.But sometimes I do. It’s gratifying to see how far I’ve come.
Wilted or in bloom, taking or lending daylight, the world transitions.
Sail through the good days, and on bad days pick a spot of blue sky to steer toward.
Oh, mightiest wind, wilt thou cease thy breathing inand hold thy exhales?
Twinkle tiny star.Oh, how great you truly are!God's sign from afar.
A whiff of fresh mintthat tastes like strawberry pie.Your kisses tempt me.
The key to a better life isn't always a change of scenery. Sometimes it simply requires opening your eyes.
Time machines, magic portals, transporters, worm holes, flying carpets, relocation charms—such things do exist. They're called books.
Because, " said a boy."Because why?" asked a young girl."Because I love you.
The blue of daylightfades and chills as the sun sinksbeneath clouds of fire.