Richelle E. Goodrich, Smile Anyway Quotes
Life is a character-building opportunity that we all volunteered for.
What's in a name? The accumulation of reputations from all who've owned it before you.
The direction you choose to face determines whether you're standing at the end or the beginning of a road.
Mr. Cat and Mr. Dog were neighbors who fought like, well, cats and dogs. That is until Mr. Rat moved in. It's fascinating how easily two enemies ally at the introduction of a third.
It is human nature to try hardest to accomplish the very thing we are told is impossible. Why? Because innately we know that nothing's impossible.
You pierce me with a look, a word, a gesture. And yet those same weapons could shield me from hurt if you so choose.
Let them hear your voice so rarely that a simply-uttered word creates a hush of expectancy in the room.
The world is full of opinions. But I am not searching for opinions, I'm searching for truths.
You can add up your blessings or add up your troubles. Either way, you'll find you have an abundance.
It's good to look at life from the bottom up so you can see that things have risen above what they once were.
Be thankful for your allotment in an imperfect world. Though better circumstances can be imagined, far worse are nearer misses than you probably care to realize.
Every once in a while God allows you to stub your toe as a kind reminder to be grateful for the miraculous body attached to it.
Happiness isn't complicated. It is a humble state of gratitude for simple pleasures, tender mercies, recognized blessings, and inherent beauty.
I am grateful for hands to tickle with. Not so grateful for that process in reverse, however.
Gratitude doesn't change the scenery. It merely washes clean the glass you look through so you can clearly see the colors.
Gratitude is the real treasure God wants us to find, because it isn't the pot of gold but the rainbow that colors our world.
Laugh as if it's funny, embrace as if it's love, and smile anyway.
Optimism: That effervescent, blindingly- bright, perky, chipper, twittering quality you want to squash out of annoying people.
Yes, happiness is dependent upon misery. For we all feel a swell of happiness after our circumstances improve from a misery recently suffered.
The place where you continually return for love and acceptance—that's home.
Nothing else has the power to calm, comfort, and care for you better than home.
Your body and spirit, subconscious and conscious—every portion of you recognizes home. That is why on the moment of arrival, your entire being relaxes into a contented puddle of joy.
Happiness is simply a habit of looking on the brighter side of everything.
The power of a smile is such that even drawing a happy face on a piece of paper makes your lips turn up.
Christmas, when observed with the right spirit, still has the power to call miracles from Heaven to Earth.
Had she any respect for him at all, his words would've affected her. But no value accompanies comments spewed from the mouth of a brute.
To encourage me is to believe in me, which gives me the power to defeat dragons.
A session of boasting won't attract any real friends. It will set you up on a pedestal, however, making you a clearer target.
It's an unfortunate fact that I'm easily discouraged. But the fortunate truth is I'm stubborn as hell and near impossible to sway in my resolve.
Tomorrow is an illusion suggesting that another chance always exists. It is a dangerously false illusion.
While you judge me by my outward appearance I am silently doing the same to you, even though there's a ninety-percent chance that in both cases our assumptions are wrong.
Be warned: A person content to sit with you and criticize others will speak critically of you out of earshot.
Every now and then I sit and watch the sun rise to remind myself how it's done—peacefully, steadily, warmly, and in beautiful color.
Live today facing forward—with your back on yesterday, your eyes on tomorrow, and your head and heart in the moment.
It's a waste of time worrying about something that worry won't fix. It's about as useful as trying to feed your pet rock.
If the world appears abundant in smiles or overwhelmed by scowls, you might ask yourself if you're not to blame.
How often it is that we set ourselves in the high seat, judging others, not having read their book but merely having glimpsed the cover.
It's impossible to be involved in all situations, but there's no excuse not to be involved in something, somewhere, somehow, with someone. Make an ounce of difference.
You may think you've hit rock bottom in your life but guess what—there's more crud underneath those rocks.
My knight may not wear a coat of shining armor, but his code of glowing honor will never fail to protect us both from evils far worse than any fire-breathing dragon.
We always feel the brunt of the blow dealt to us, but hardly ever do we feel the impact we have on others. Why is that?
Most people don't accept that they are an influence either improving or damaging others.
You matter.You are important.There is a reason for your existence.You may not see or understand how this is true, but truth doesn't cease to be truth because of doubt, blindness, or ignor
Perfection is a paradigm meant to keep us striving and learning and growing. Like a wondrous sunset, perfection may be beyond our reach, but it is within our view and well worth seeking after.
A real treasure becomes such only after it's been desperately sought after.
Trust in the silent doers. It is far more difficult to put your dreams into action than into flowery words.