Richelle Goodrich Quotes
I don't believe that the course of anyone's lifetime has ever been as unerring as that of the rising and setting sun, but I know many lives that have been just as inspiring.
The power behind living a dream lies in either believing it's a dream or knowing it's not.
Life is a book that someone else is reading—and you, a key character—hence the need for continual conflict and resolution. We can't have any boring books.
Some build their castles 'mid thunderbolts and fireworks. My worlds take shape in silence.
Artistry exists in everyone. What makes it blossom is a soul's personal desire to find an outlet for expression.
No matter how hard they try, they'll never create anything so perfectly beautiful as what plays out in my own imagination.
Hope is a fire more ravenous than the flames of temptation. For if only a portion of it poisons your veins, it is enough to make you stand against ridiculous odds again and again and again.
Few realize how loud their expressions really are. Be kind with what you wordlessly say.
Three carefully stringed words are worth more than a book of gibberish. It's not the word count but the impact of those words that counts.
There are things known—things experienced, felt, and understood—that words hold no power to convey. Attempting to do so only dilutes their substance and does them injustice.
Why certainly, words possess power. They do! But releasing their magic requires combining and arranging those words in the right order.
Chameleonesque, hobbitish, unicorned, stompled, selfishism, and unwakeable may not be real words, but you do know what they mean.
As ofttimes as it rains on my little spot of earth, you'd think I'd grow accustomed to the gloom.
It's a sweet thing to sit quietly in the early-morning darkness and talk to God for a while. It's amazing what you gain from the conversation.
Prayer: The act of falling to your knees in pleading fashion, seeking help from a greater power than all else to have failed you previously.
Prayer, faith, and vision, plus real effort too.Blend them together for one potent brew.The magical spell to your dreams coming true.
I'm starting to think this world is just a place for us to learn that we need each other more than we want to admit.
The irony of life: Realizing a lifetime is barely long enough to figure out how it should have been lived.
The moment a person feels he has nothing left to learn is the moment life prepares to hit him hard enough to correct such ignorance.
I am, for the most part, who I am because my good mother was who she was.
What I learn today I shall know forever. Whether or not I remember that I know it is a different story.
One grateful thought is a ray of sunshine. A hundred such thoughts paint a sunrise. A thousand will rival the glaring sky at noonday - for gratitude is light against the darkness.
You and I were never meant to be together, but we are. Our pairing is not unlike two electrons ignoring natural laws in order to orbit one another. Life now defies reason—quirky but beautiful.
I felt ashamed for having judged him so harshly without knowing the real boy. His one offense against me―goaded by Charlie’s bullying character―was easy to forgive.
Forgive and forget is the divine ideal. Grappling with the hurt while biting your tongue and struggling to refuse justifiable vengeance―that's closer to human reality.
Don't lick your wounds unless you care to taste the sting a second time.
My life has become a dismal sigh fettered by pangs of grief and anguished weeping.
Misery is a river of tears that whispers my name in a constant hiss.
I live in two unique worlds, traveling between both with just the opening or closing of my eyes.
Employing your imagination is the first step to the fulfillment of any dream.
If your best friend truly is the person who knows you completely and loves you anyway, wouldn't that be your mother?
We never think lightly of those who walk with us on our uphill days.
Don't underestimate the power of friendship. Those bonds are tight stitches that close up the holes you might otherwise fall through.
An accumulation of pennies is a fortune. Day-to-day practice is perfection. A dream realized is nothing more than many steps taken toward the borders of once-impossible.
When a child truly understands his grand potential, he looks to the stars not simply to make a wish but to chart a destination.
I had the most beautiful dream, and then I fell asleep in your arms and my dream turned lovelier still.
Kindness is a magical spell—performed by enlightened beings—meant to enchant hearts and lift weary souls that they might fly.
Laughter is magic that dispenses clouds and creates sunshine in the soul.
Love—such a keen mystery prone to pierce and shatter the delicate heart. Yet it possesses more strength, power, and influence than any other magic known to man.
Walk with me for a while, my friend—you in my shoes, I in yours—and then let us talk.
Why must you know the details of my troubles to have compassion? Is it not enough to show compassion simply because you know that everyone has troubles?
If only this great concern we have for our own sensitive feelings expanded to encompass the feelings of our fellow men.