Top 500 Richelle E. Goodrich Quotes (2025 Update)
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451. “Have the wisdom to perceive all there is to be thankful for, and then be thankful for the wisdom to perceive things so clearly.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

452. “If you ever expect to write fairy tales, you’ve got to get your head in the clouds.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

453. “Your life is a personal lesson. For everyone else it is a loud example.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

454. “When you love someone, you don’t care that she ate your sandwich. You only hope she found it delicious.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

455. “You know the wolf in sheep’s clothing? He is the enticing offer to sell out. But selling out is not success; it is defeat in disguise. Do not be fooled by that hungry wolf.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

456. “Honesty is considerably more than the absence of lying. It is the absence of deception, of cheating, of stealing, of treachery, of guile. But that is not all, honesty is the inclusion of virtuous characteristics as well: loyalty, justness, truth, accuracy, reliance, sincerity, openness. Honesty is every word, every action, and every intention being both bare and noble.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

457. “As a writer, I see the saga of your life in a single glimpse. It may be inaccurate, but my version doesn’t lack for creativity.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

458. “Don’t ever quit pretending.”

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459. “Find ways to be happy despite the world’s attempts to thwart you.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

460. “Beauty isn’t visible; I don’t know why people think it is. Perhaps because at times there are physical manifestations suggesting beauty exists in a person, but don’t be fooled. Beauty isn’t the packaging, it’s the treasure wrapped up inside.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

461. “My shoulders, broad and sculpted thick, were designed for two useful purposes. The one, to carry heavy loads like cedar logs and beams of steel and now and then the careful transfer of an injured friend to a bed of safety. The other purpose I consider superior, and that is to be, in all circumstances and forever, your headrest and cry pillow whereupon you may leave your heaviest burdens.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

462. “You were born to author your own story. This includes editing the bad parts. Go back. Repent. Climb where you fell. Joy where you sorrowed. Mend what you tore. Heal where you harmed. Speak where you were silent. Sing and laugh and dance where life once snatched your pen and scribbled black, ugly marks in your book. Buy new ink and print beautiful poetry over all the ugly parts.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

463. “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.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

464. “Naivety doesn’t excuse poor choices, darling. You and I both know life is unforgiving. I can’t rescue every drowning pup that is stupid enough to peer too deeply down a well.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

465. “I wish everyone had someone who never popped their balloons.”

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466. “We spend so much wasted energy trying to be as impressive as those we admire, failing to grasp how impressive we already are to those who quietly admire us.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

467. “Books are wishing stars fallen to Earth, waiting for people to live their dreams through reading.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

468. “What if stars were the glimmering tears of a giant, welling in his cheeks, waiting to fall at the first tender stroke of emotion? What if the moon were a wide-open eye gazing down on our tiny, little world and its tiny, little inhabitants as they rush to and fro in pursuit of tiny, little dreams? What if the sun were the glowing heart of a great beast, pumping hot blood to keep him alive while providing warmth for our pitiful world? Ahhh, imagination; it is a wondrous thing!”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

469. “Fake boldness if you must – whatever it takes to keep a timid nature from hindering your living life to its full potential.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

470. “What does freedom mean? It means warriors are fighting for you, defenses are protecting you, and soldiers are sacrificing to preserve your ability to speak, to act, to live, and to express yourself in a world where a great many aggressors would oppress those freedoms if not for the heroic resistance preventing them.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

471. “Was mutual need enough to risk trusting a calculated enemy in hopes of destroying a more powerful one?”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

472. “I am but the reflection in your eyes, the effect of your expressions, and the sum of your praise and criticism.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

473. “Every day grants us opportunities to do good. Take advantage of them. Do good. Be happy.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

474. “There are trials in life that feel as tremendous as a quest to slay dragons. These trials are daunting. They require hard work, determination, and courage. But when the dragon is finally slain, the relief is immense.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

475. “Love accepts you as yourself. It will never ask you to be someone else.”

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476. “The worst day is always the first day. Changing a habit or instigating something new is toughest at the start. By means of repetition, however, these new habits develop. They are strengthened in the course of familiarity.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

477. “Do not get discouraged when things fail to work out as planned; this is often the case. Get busy instead and find another way. There are new strategies to attempt, other trails to tread. Alternate options do exist. They may seem less obvious or less desirable, but in the end they may very well prove to be the best route to your goal.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

478. “Accomplishments don’t just fall in your lap, they first demand a great deal from you – things like study and learning; intentional, arduous work; steadfast determination; ongoing attempts despite failures; personal sweat, blood, tears; and moments of exhaustion. Accomplishments don’t just fall in your lap, the demand actual growth.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

479. “He was a volcano that spewed only ashes and destruction, and they despised him for that lying tongue.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

480. “Perfection may be an island out of reach, but setting your sails toward it makes for a magnificent voyage.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

481. “Give away kindness. Happiness will repay you.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

482. “How grateful is the troubled heart touched by mercy!”

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483. “Vengeance has no rules. It has no heart, no conscience, no dignity, and no true allies.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

484. “There is love and then there is fluff. Nothing else.”

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485. “Bad habits are demons that often push us into isolation because they know that in our loneliness they stand little chance of being overcome.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

486. “The fact is, life rains on you. How sad you haven’t learned to dance in the downpour.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

487. “Mother’s Day is sacred because life is sacred. We owe that breath of life to our mothers. Their sacrifices allow us this extraordinary experience.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

488. “Be patient with God. Have faith in his timing. Listen to the gentle promptings that come to your heart and mind. In time, you will see His hand at work in your life.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

489. “We are not born with hard hearts. We are born with soft and tender hearts that, more often than not, are mishandled and consequently broken. The pain is always harsher than expected when each fragment turns to stone. So we pile them high to form a wall of protection around ourselves, determined never to experience such terrible pain again. That is how hearts come to be hardened. Ironically, our refusal to dismantle the wall is how and why we continue to suffer.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

490. “Believing in yourself is enough, but it sure is nice when another’s kind words of encouragement kiss your ear. There is genuine strength in verbal expressions of support.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

491. “If every day you were to walk past the same individual and ignore him, never smiling or saying hello or returning any kind gesture he extended toward you, would you expect that same individual to readily respond if suddenly you were to implore his helping hand? Then don’t ignore God. Say ‘hello’ now and then.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

492. “Butterflies are the most beautiful creatures ever. They should call them beautiflies, don’t you think?”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

493. “Feeling discouraged does not mean you quit. Feeling sad does not mean joy is nonexistent. Feeling lonely does not mean you are alone. Feeling anxious does not mean you are in danger. Feeling loss does not mean you have nothing. Feeling angry does not mean you lose control. Feeling sorry does not mean you are at fault. What you feel is not necessarily what is.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

494. “There are an abundance of things in my life that I would not have picked out for me, yet I value those items, experiences, customs, and memories because they were given to me by someone I love.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

495. “Your failure or success is nothing compared to your integrity throughout the process.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

496. “Art and the artist meet in stages, slowly revealing themselves until both are satisfied with what the other has become.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

497. “Those sweet souls who speak kind words when they could rightly criticize are the most influential beings in all the world.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

498. “The experiences we endure as trials are what cultivate compassion in our hearts. We feel for others because we have suffered similarly. We know and empathize, having tasted the bitterness for ourselves. Sadly but truly, it is the harshest trials that tend to cultivate the deepest compassion. Trials are every person’s lot in life. You are not alone.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

499. “It’s not that I can’t spend a day without you. It’s that I don’t want to.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

500. “The biggest lie we fall for is that it doesn’t matter. Your opinion doesn’t matter. Your choices don’t matter. Your influence doesn’t matter. Your existence doesn’t matter. You don’t matter. It is the worst, most destructive lie we ever believe, and in consequence it wreaks extensive damage to more lives than your own. Don’t fall for that evil lie. Don’t forget that everything about you absolutely does matter.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich