Top 500 Richelle E. Goodrich Quotes (2026 Update)
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251. “Barking at people earns their respect about as effectively as staring into the sun improves your vision.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

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

— Richelle E. Goodrich

253. “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

254. “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

255. “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

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

— Richelle E. Goodrich

257. “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

258. “How frustrating to think you can be lost to yourself. And yet how often it is that a stranger stares back at you from the mirror. Maybe in truth we never see ourselves as clearly as the thousands of eyes that daily take us in.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

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

— Richelle E. Goodrich

260. “You would think those who have endured unkindness would be kinder as a result, intent on sparing others the awful suffering they abhorred firsthand.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

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

— Richelle E. Goodrich

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

— Richelle E. Goodrich

263. “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.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

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

— Richelle E. Goodrich

265. “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

266. “When gossip starts, be deaf.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

267. “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

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268. “It’s easy to be kind to friends who return your smiles and happily lend a helping hand. But the true test of good character is finding the will and desire to be kind and charitable to those who give us absolutely no motivation to do so.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

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

— Richelle E. Goodrich

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

— Richelle E. Goodrich

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

— Richelle E. Goodrich

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

— Richelle E. Goodrich

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

— Richelle E. Goodrich

274. “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

275. “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

276. “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

277. “Anyone who takes the time to attentively listen is either an old soul or a romantic one.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

278. “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

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

— Richelle E. Goodrich

280. “Pain defines moments in the lives of all human beings. The trial is not the endurance of pain but the choices we make regarding how to endure.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

281. “Rather than critique people, try admiring God’s creative handiwork.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

282. “The best bubbly I ever tasted was laughter.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

283. “All human beings wield influence – a powerful sword granted at birth. Wield your sword with care.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

284. “It seems there is more interest in sunsets than sunrises. Perhaps because innately we fear the dark.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

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

— Richelle E. Goodrich

286. “Patience is seeing each step as a journey rather than seeing a journey as a thousand steps.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

287. “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

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

— Richelle E. Goodrich

289. “A smile is a light that sets your inner self aglow, letting others know you’re home.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

290. “Curiosity killed the cat, but not before teaching her that honey bees are not sweet, tweeting birds are slow to react, mice can serve as both toys and food, big dogs like to snuggle, falling isn’t flying, cream drips from lazy cows, water should be avoided at all costs, baths don’t require getting wet, kindness and cruelty often fall from the same hand, and engines remain comfortably warm long after the motor dies.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

291. “When you first look at a woman, you are in fact blind to her beauty. The true beauty of a woman is revealed only after you get to know her.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

292. “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

293. “The trait I regard most highly in a man is kindness. Thoughtful, consistent kindness. All other qualities – whether charming, witty, handsome, enterprising, powerful, seductive, or ingenious – wither in comparison to a truly kind man.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

294. “A picture may be worth a thousand words, but those well-arranged words are worth a multi-million-dollar motion picture.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

295. “Laughter can deflate almost any problem down to its proper size.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

296. “Fear never scaled one mountain, never stepped up on a stage, never accepted a challenge, never tilled new ground, never walked in a race; he never even dared to dream. Fear failed to slay a single dragon. Remember this before you choose to keep his company.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

297. “A red-cape game of retribution is dangerous when a fresh bull with bigger horns waits in the shadows.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

298. “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

299. “Real, true, key success is honestly liking yourself.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

300. “Love is donating a chunk of your life to patch up holes in the life of another.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich