Top 500 Richelle E. Goodrich Quotes (2026 Update)
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101. “Hey, pretty book, why don’t you lie in my lap awhile?”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

102. “True greatness demands humility; the journey draws it from your struggling soul.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

103. “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

104. “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

105. “Life is determined to introduce you to your true self. Be kind.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

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

— Richelle E. Goodrich

107. “Let gratitude saturate your heart for every good thing, both great and small, and then endure – oh, steadfastly endure – all else that remains.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

108. “Know what your objective is. Anything that does not contribute to that objective is unnecessary; let those things go.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

109. “You can learn big things from small promptings if you listen.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

110. “Remember: life is a test, so there will always be problems to work through. Lots and lots of challenging story problems.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

111. “Your choices and efforts, be they small or grand, mold and define who you are. Poor choices and minimal effort will result in the poorest version of you. Mediocre choices combined with doing just-enough-to-get-by will create a mediocre you. To be the best version of yourself, to reach your greater potential, make the very best choices possible. Put forth your highest efforts in everything. Be intentionally productive with the time you have. Work to do your best!”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

112. “To pause and think about one’s actions, to consider the reasons and causes, to carefully weigh the consequences – this seems an unusual practice for humans. I cannot help but weep over the mountain of grief that might have been avoided if only individuals had paused to think.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

113. “Every single voice – no matter how soft the peep – longs to be heard.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

114. “Sometimes you save people with your words or with acts of kindness. Other times people save you. That’s what we were meant to do on this earth – be heroes.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

115. “You do not need to be perfect or popular or profitable with your endeavors. You should, however, be passionate about them.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

116. “Repetition is an important part of learning. It is a vital factor in life lessons because each recurrence tends to challenge our earlier notions, resulting in continued contemplation and greater depths of understanding.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

117. “They have not walked in your shoes; don’t put much stock in their opinions.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

118. “Life isn’t always kind. It isn’t gentle and loving or sympathetic to the pains and sorrows of humanity. I, however, as an individual in control of my own actions, can be kind and loving, gentle and sympathetic to those around me, and in the process improve what life is for everyone.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

119. “Never judge another knight without first knowing the strength and cunning of the dragons he fights.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

120. “I do listen. I just wait for the words to stop and your eyes to speak.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

121. “The best fathers have the softest, sweetest hearts. In other words, great dads are real marshmallows.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

122. “Sometimes you have to hug yourself and squeeze your own shoulder and be thankful it is humanly possible.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

123. “Be someone’s security blanket when theirs is in the wash.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

124. “I wear my wrinkles like battle scars, having earned every last one slaying life’s dragons. They boast of my victories and some defeats while their beauty is a wealth of wisdom gained.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

125. “When I count my blessings, I find you in every one.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

126. “So you had a bad day. Kick it aside and be grateful for one less bad day to pass through.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

127. “A sunrise is a wondrous marvel, but in reality the sun never rises. It is the earth that rotates to face the sun. Life too can be a wondrous marvel, but like the earth, we must turn our eyes toward brighter things.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

128. “At times we feel outnumbered in our attempts to improve the world – to brighten and beautify, to preserve and heal and do what’s best for humanity. Selfless efforts can start to feel beleaguering, discouraging, even pointless with so little support. It is at these times I remind myself that I would rather be the last Good Samaritan standing than to join the ranks of selfish multitudes creating misery.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

129. “The soft heart is not a thing to harden but a treasure to protect. For soft hearts extend mercy, compassion, refuge, and God’s redemption to the world.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

130. “The most important form of respect is self-respect. Not only does it show others how to treat themselves, it teaches them how to treat you.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

131. “Sweet revenge always turns bitter eventually.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

132. “Missing someone is the reverberating echo of everything beautiful about her – her laugh, her song, her touch, her smell, the power of her words, and the constant shadow that lingers on as her perfect image in your memory.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

133. “Time machines, magic portals, transporters, worm holes, flying carpets, relocation charms – such things do exist. They’re called books.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

134. “To persist with a goal, you must treasure the dream more than the costs of sacrifice to attain it.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

135. “Superman’s scourge is kryptonite. Fear’s kryptonite is laughter.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

136. “If you invest nothing, the reward is worth little.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

137. “Moments always blossom more beautifully in memories.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

138. “We live our lives supposing things are as they appear to be when that is almost never the case.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

139. “Las palabras nunca desaparecen, sino que hacen eco para la eternidad. Deja que tu eco suene dulce.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

140. “Vultures pick the meat clean off a bone. Guilt eats at the marrow, leaving a man hollow.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

141. “Of all the magic words in existence, words of kindness create the greatest transformation spells.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

142. “Books are carnival rides for your imagination.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

143. “Eyes speak louder than words; life is precious; hate is poison; God is the best of all possible friends; silence and time are valuable treasures; happiness can be just as powerful in pretend; and soft licorice is a temptation in any color, especially exotic black.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

144. “It’s none of your concern what others say or think about you. Your happiness is your own responsibility.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

145. “I hate you, Edgar. I hate you with all my heart.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

146. “Heroes don’t have the need to be known as heroes, they just do what heroes do because it is right and it must be done.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

147. “Sometimes happiness quietly curls up in your heart just to snuggle.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

148. “Life has me trapped in a cocoon of earth where I must grow and change until the day I sprout wings. And on that day I shall burst free, no longer marooned on a pebble of dust in a universe that only waits for me to find a means to fly.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

149. “The happiest adults are those who never buried old toys or abandoned imaginary friends.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

150. “Imagine if we were all magical leprechauns, and every wish ever made on a four-leaf clover obliged us to help others obtain their wishes. Now imagine if people simply lived like this were true.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich