Richelle E Goodrich Quotes
It turns out the simplest choices have been far more important in the long run than I ever imagined.
Before you take that first curious, coerced, spiteful, or vengeful step forward, remember this: it’s a thousand times easier to slip into a muddy pit than it is to climb out of one.
Temptations don't appear nearly as harmful as the roads they lead you down.
When thunderstorms roll in, you make a choice to either succumb with tears to the gloomy downpour, or smile and look for rainbows.
The only thing you can justifiably claim that life owes you is an equal measure of what you have given out. And even that is debatable.
Do you feel that? It is a calm shift in the wind. Do you hear that? It is a soft whisper of hope. Do you see that? It is the divine hand of guidance, mercifully extended to aid our good fight.
Have you ever noticed how the most intriguing individual in the room seems content to listen sooner than speak?
If you think the most courageous and difficult thing you can do is stubbornly stand your ground, try graciously giving in.
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.
Vengeance would have us assault an enemy's pride to beat him down. But vengeance hides a dangerous truth, for a humbled foe gains patience, courage, strength, and greater determination.
Isn’t it strange how a lamb can feel like a lion when comparing itself to a mouse, whereas a lion feels like a lamb when measuring itself against dragons?
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.
Find much to be grateful for in every day. Doing so will not only enrich your life, it will bless those around you in ways you may never know.
Gratitude possesses all the energy of a sunbeam. That is how it makes life blossom.
Night helps us appreciate daylight, while lengthy days make us yearn for a good stretch of night.
Have the wisdom to perceive all there is to be thankful for, and then be thankful for the wisdom to perceive things so clearly.
Thanksgiving is not only being aware of the abundance of good in the world but embracing it.
The humanitarian is a treasure hunter seeking gems of remedy and appreciation.
There is a sky full of stars aplenty, and all you can babble about is a cold, little rock we call the moon. This is how it is with petty problems that exist too close to us.
Sometimes a problem isn’t really a problem but the solution in disguise.
It is a great mystery to me how the problems of others seem like simple arithmetic while my own appear as complicated as a calculus equation.
Patience is seeing each step as a journey rather than seeing a journey as a thousand steps.
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.
Barking at people earns their respect about as effectively as staring into the sun improves your vision.
When we all pass from this life and gather on the other side, the only thing each of us will have is his own story to tell.
I might be tempted to socialize more if the conversations taking place around me were half as interesting as the dialogue going on inside my head.
Twitter is a serious writing distraction. As are grapefruits. The two have nothing else in common.
I read so I might live a thousand lives in a lifetime. I write to control the particulars in those lives.
If you plan to build walls around me, know this—I will walk through them.
You are right, I do fall down a lot. But that wouldn’t be true if I never stood back up.
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.
Face it―nobody cares.But so what? Their apathy doesn't diminish your worth. Learn from it. Make it your job to care for those around you so that they don't feel like nobody cares.
Smile wide to receive many smiles in return. But if you want a good laugh, smirk like a wicked, little imp and watch the range of expressions you're flashed.
It isn’t always true that a critical end justifies desperate means.
Never judge another knight without first knowing the strength and cunning of the dragons he fights.
Annoyances are strangely not so annoying when the person responsible has endeared himself to you.
What are you most thankful for?” she asked.My reply came easily. “Being too blessed to have any hope of answering that question.
Every birthday celebrates a life because every life is important.