Top 500 Richelle E. Goodrich Quotes (2024 Update)
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201. “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

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

— Richelle E. Goodrich

203. “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

204. “Please stop. If you keep chipping off little pieces of my heart, soon there will be no heart left with which to love you.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

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

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

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207. “When a monster grows quiet and crumbles to the ground weeping, you feel sorry for him. You may approach with caution and hope, whispering words of peace. But in the morning he will rise to his full height, roaring and stomping and baring his sharp teeth because he is, after all, a monster.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

208. “For every one person who praises you, there are a hundred who would criticize. Heed neither the one nor the hundred. It is your own opinion that truly matters.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

209. “The effects of loss are acute, and unique to each individual. Not everyone mourns in the same way, but everyone mourns.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

210. “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

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

— Richelle E. Goodrich

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

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

— Richelle E. Goodrich

214. “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

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

— Richelle E. Goodrich

216. “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?”

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217. “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

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

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

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220. “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

221. “Things always appear clear and simple from behind glass. It is in the thick of tribulations that blurring details arise, complicating my life. You can’t rightly judge me, nor can you assist, from a shielded viewpoint.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

222. “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

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

— Richelle E. Goodrich

224. “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.”

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

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226. “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

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

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228. “When gossip starts, be deaf.”

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

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230. “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

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

— Richelle E. Goodrich

232. “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

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

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234. “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

235. “Beware of giggle grins; they are highly contagious.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

236. “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

237. “Quit acting like everything is so serious. Most situations aren’t as bad as you fear, and those that are might benefit from a little laughter.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

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

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239. “I learn by doing... the same thing over and over and over again countless times.”

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

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

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242. “Sometimes ideas flow from my mind in a raging river of stringed sentences; I can scarcely scribble on the page fast enough to keep up with the mental current. Sometimes, however, beavers move in and dam the whole thing up.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

243. “Your efforts extend like ripples on the ocean, much further than you know.”

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244. “Sometimes the difference between success and failure is simply the degree to which you crave one over the other.”

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245. “Kind words and tender affections will not save me from this lake of woe and misery, but they may be enough of a buoy to prevent my drowning.”

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

— Richelle E. Goodrich

247. “Pray as if you are fully aware that the intricate timing and rotation of every celestial entity in the universe – including the coming and going of innumerable, precious life forms – does not rest in your tiny, mortal hands.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

248. “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.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

249. “There is a sky full of stars aplenty, and all you can babble about is a cold, little rock we call the moon. This is how it is with petty problems that exist too close to us.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

250. “The spirit of Christmas exists in harmonious carols like those sung by angels on the day of Christ’s birth.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich