Top 500 Richelle E. Goodrich Quotes (2025 Update)
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201. “People think kindness is a soft, weak, submissive influence when in reality it is the most potent, persuasive force in existence.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

202. “The sun, rising and setting in splendid colors, never grows tired of its admirers – much like a lady, aglow with grace, never grows tired of chivalrous acts or pretty flowers.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

203. “We wait for the rains to cease, the clouds to part, and the sun to shine before saying life is good. Ironically, it is because we endure the storms that life seems so wonderfully bright at their passing.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

204. “Love in its essence is unconditional. When conditions, exceptions, and ultimatums are cast into the mix, its purity changes. It is no longer love and should be referred to by a less-desirable name.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

205. “You stare at your dream from a distance, longing, sighing, seeing what you deem is a warning of IMPOSSIBLE. But if you would squint real hard you would see the truth; the sign correctly reads ‘I’M POSSIBLE.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

206. “If we simply imagined that everyone who crossed our path was living out his or her very last day on Earth, we might treat people as kindly as we ought to each day they lived.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

207. “Autumn is a cunning muse who steals by degrees my warmth and light. So distracted by her glorious painting of colors, I scarcely realize my losses until the last fiery leaf has fallen to the ground and the final pumpkin shrinks. Autumn departs with a cold kiss, leaving me to suffer the frigid grasp of winter in prolonged nightfall.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

208. “The road of life is paved with daily successes, a great number of them penny and nickle triumphs. Sadly, these little feats are often seen as worthless – even failures – because we dream of greater gain. Our greed keeps us focused on a gleaming pot of gold waiting at the end of some elusive rainbow. And, despairing a big loss, we fail to see the value in small achievements.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

209. “For things I am not thankful for – experiences I would never volunteer to relive – I recognize how they have changed me. My depth of compassion and humility, the sincerity of my empathy and understanding, and the duration of my patience have all been refined by bitter suffering. I thank God for the lessons learned. I am a better person for it, but I still abhor those awful trials.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

210. “If God were to make a million lovely flowers in your image and plant them in a garden with you among them, I would still know you by your scent and by the feel of your petals and by the crazy way you lean towards my light whenever I draw near.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

211. “When you understand that faith is God’s muscle at your disposal, moving mountains doesn’t seem so extraordinary.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

212. “Some books mirror reality while others are entirely fantasy. My favorite are those that manage to weave both into a world.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

213. “We always feel the brunt of the blow dealt to us, but hardly ever do we feel the impact we have on others. Why is that?”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

214. “Patience is real self-mastery.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

215. “Had life not given me reasons to grieve, I would never have known the healing power of a hug.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

216. “You cannot know what I do not tell you, yet you will be judged harshly for not knowing.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

217. “When I ask you to be my valentine, I’m not asking you to love me. I’m simply asking you to accept tokens of my love for you.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

218. “When I first heard your voice, my heart leapt in my chest as if it recognized you as its owner from another lifetime.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

219. “The hero isn’t the one who is right, but the one who steps forward to take the blame – deserved or not – and apologize to save a relationship.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

220. “No one can convince a man of his erring ways as persuasively as experience.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

221. “Thanksgiving is not only being aware of the abundance of good in the world but embracing it.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

222. “We reap the fruit of the seeds we sow. Every good deed, every bad deed – they are the means of planting seeds that will reward us one day with a merited harvest from life’s garden.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

223. “Friends are the artists who paint happy lips on your face.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

224. “It wasn’t a kiss that changed the frog, but the fact that a young girl looked beneath warts and slime and believed she saw a prince. So he became one.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

225. “If you mess with dragons, you will get burned. Don’t say no one warned you.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

226. “God cries for us in the same way we cry for others. His tears most often spill over for the pain and suffering caused from the mortal misuse of a gift called agency. He will not revoke the gift. It was promised to us for the duration of our time on Earth. But He will hold each one of us accountable in the end for how we applied this power of agency.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

227. “The secret to style is a beautiful smile.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

228. “Thank you, Mom, for the way you managed yourself during the childish, mean, selfish, insensitive, irresponsible, unreasonable, hateful moments I put you through. From your example I learned to be patient, positive, kind, selfless, sympathetic, reliable, sensible, and loving. You have my endless appreciation.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

229. “Have you ever noticed how the most intriguing individual in the room seems content to listen sooner than speak?”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

230. “Annoyances are strangely not so annoying when the person responsible has endeared himself to you.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

231. “One of the strongest loves I’ve ever witnessed is the love a mother has for her child.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

232. “Though I love you to the core of my being, so thoroughly that every cell comprising me aches to be near you, I must accept that we can never be together. For our existence parallels the sun and the moon – a temptation in constant, beautiful view, yet if the sun were ever to kiss the moon it would devour the heavenly orb whole. Oh, my darling, if only I were the moon! Then I would dare taste your lips and be happy for my last and final joy! But alas, I am the sun, and I will not venture to destroy the one I love.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

233. “I love happy people; they’re like smile magnets.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

234. “Giddy is a grin and giggles and that glint of goofiness in your gaze.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

235. “To look in the mirror and smile is a challenge for many people. Those who do so without the slightest scowl are indeed fortunate.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

236. “There are no rest stops on the road of life. Otherwise they’d be congested with traffic.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

237. “Some build their castles ’mid thunderbolts and fireworks. My worlds take shape in silence.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

238. “Life’s lessons aren’t always new. Often they’re the same old worn-out truths offering us greater depths of wisdom and understanding.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

239. “It is easy to say I am thankful for the sweet and beautiful things in life: flower gardens, ice cream cones, diamond rings, dances under moonlight, children’s laughter, birdsongs, and the like. The challenge is recognizing things of value in the dark, sour, uglier parts of life. But if you look hard enough, you will find that even tough times offer pearls worthy of gratitude.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

240. “The greater self-confidence an individual possesses, the less inclined he is to put down others. This says a lot about those who constantly belittle.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

241. “We live that we might have experience; that through it we might gain wisdom, compassion, faith, and inner strength.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

242. “Love is the ultimate no-calorie sweetener.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

243. “Patience isn’t simply waiting, it is caring enough about the situation and those involved to remain calm and courteous throughout the wait.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

244. “Nothing can squelch your fire except turning your back on the thing that fuels it.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

245. “When gossip starts, be deaf.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

246. “Yes, love is a super power. It is the ultimate super power.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

247. “I write so others might contemplate things that are out of the ordinary. I write to make people feel – to cause laughter and tears and anger at injustice. I write so the world will imagine and wonder at crazy, incredible truths. I write to have a tiny bit of influence on a universal conscience.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

248. “The key to a better life isn’t always a change of scenery. Sometimes it simply requires opening your eyes.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

249. “Stand tall on the summit after a tedious climb. Take in the remarkable scenery and the exhilaration of accomplishment. But don’t pause for long; there are greater mountains to climb while you still possess the drive and capacity to do so.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

250. “A thought can prompt. Words can stir. But it takes action to attain a dream.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich