Top 500 Richelle E. Goodrich Quotes (2026 Update)
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451. “She laughed, and he fell in love.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

452. “There are in this world ample reasons to be sad and disheartened, discouraged and fearful. But there are as many reasons not to be.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

453. “Becoming the person you want to be always involves work. It requires purpose, dedication, perseverance, and a fair amount of deliberate change.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

454. “Life is the clay from which dreams are molded.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

455. “Sometimes when I prepare to write, I feel the same sensation wash over me as if my toes were curling over the brink of a high cliff, my gaze peering downward into a dark pond, and I anxiously wonder, will the water prove deep enough? Will my words be satisfactory?”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

456. “Thousands of hopeful days came to naught before this one. This was a golden day. Never give up.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

457. “People search the world over looking for someone to love them, when they should be searching for someone to love.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

458. “Those things that challenge the worst in us tend to strengthen the best in us.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

459. “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.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

460. “Your problem is in thinking the sky’s the limit. Why set limits?”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

461. “It turns out the simplest choices have been far more important in the long run than I ever imagined.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

462. “Christmastime is when love and kindness shine at their brightest.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

463. “The steps to success may be different than what you anticipate. Truth told, most attempts in life do not deliver the expected results. So alter your perception, your vision, your outlook, but do not abandon the end goal.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

464. “I am accountable for every lie that I tell, but I am also accountable for the effects of every harsh truth I deliver.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

465. “There is no poetry without want. Desperate want.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

466. “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

467. “Since when is failure more appealing? Never give up.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

468. “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

469. “It is tempting to quit striving toward a goal when you have neither the time, the resources, the support, the means, nor perhaps the confidence in talent to reach the level of standing you wish to reach. But these are not reasons to quit. Move forward anyway. Try your best. Put what little you do have into accomplishing what you can, because along the way you may attain a portion of what you feel is lacking. And owning a portion of a dream is better than owning no dream at all. Never give up.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

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

— Richelle E. Goodrich

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

— Richelle E. Goodrich

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

— Richelle E. Goodrich

473. “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

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

— Richelle E. Goodrich

475. “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

476. “Fear is not respect. It is but a conniving, little weasel next to that mighty lion. They are a far, far cry from the same animal.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

477. “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

478. “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

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

— Richelle E. Goodrich

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

— Richelle E. Goodrich

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

— Richelle E. Goodrich

482. “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

483. “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

484. “The greatness of a person is not measured by what he gains for himself, it is measured by what he gives for the gain of others.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

485. “Out of all the magic words in existence, kind words produce the most powerful transformation spells.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

486. “Love thy neighbor as thyself,” Christ said. Neither more than nor less than, but as thyself. It seems that to love thy neighbor whole-heartedly, one must love thyself whole-heartedly. Without selflove, it is a tricky task to try and love others.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

487. “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

488. “Deceit, distortion, misdirection, and concealment are all lies in altered masks.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

489. “It is easy to find someone willing to make a commitment. The challenge is to find someone dedicated to keeping it.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

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

— Richelle E. Goodrich

491. “Don’t ever quit pretending.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

492. “If you think you can, that is great. But until you try, you will never know for certain.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

493. “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

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. “Learning to breathe fire isn’t nearly as extraordinary as learning to breathe a word of kindness.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

496. “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

497. “Failure is respectable. Quitting is not. If you have worked hard and failed after giving every effort to make use of the opportunities available – so be it. At least you fought with all your might to make it otherwise. That is deserving of respect.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

498. “Getting to know yourself is an ongoing process because identity is not a constant. Your self – your distinctiveness – inevitably changes over time. As you learn, you grow and transform into a different version of you, which makes it a difficult task to know yourself absolutely.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

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

— Richelle E. Goodrich

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

— Richelle E. Goodrich