Top 500 Richelle E. Goodrich Quotes (2024 Update)
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301. “Stubbornness is surely just taut-jawed, clenched-fisted madness.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

302. “Some people do not like you; that’s a given. So what?”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

303. “As sunlight is for flowers, and sustenance for the mortal shell, music is for the human soul.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

304. “When you delete ‘impossible’ from your thinking, you give yourself permission to imagine, to believe, to try, and to accomplish phenomenal things.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

305. “When there is not enough time to do your best, do the best you can with the time you have.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

306. “The only thing you can justifiably claim that life owes you is an equal measure of what you have given out. And even that is debatable.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

307. “Every exceptional writer holds a Master of Arts in Daydreaming.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

308. “It seems a peculiar thing when I go to fill my own cup; it remains empty as if the liquid evaporates as soon as it touches the glass. Yet when I reach to top off the cups of others, my own spills over. This is the crazy magic of charity.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

309. “The elixir of life is a bubbling stream of laughter.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

310. “It is a great mystery to me how the problems of others seem like simple arithmetic while my own appear as complicated as a calculus equation.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

311. “The spirit of Christmas is a sweet, internal peace that testifies of the power of kindness and charity.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

312. “Mad fearlessness is not courage. The only requirement for courage is a good heart.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

313. “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

314. “There are hundreds of reasons to be kind, but only one that matters – because it’s who you are.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

315. “Forgiveness is kindness regardless.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

316. “Some parts of life are lived in the shadows where the only sunlight you feel is the light you pray for.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

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

— Richelle E. Goodrich

318. “Too often we let others stamp a price tag on us, and we accept their appraisal of our worth, forgetting we are in fact priceless.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

319. “Life is not about having perfect days. Life is not about handling days perfectly. Life is about perfecting one’s character through the having and handling of every given day.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

320. “I’ve yet to find another soul who believes in me with the same fervency as my mother.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

321. “Life is music to which you choreograph your own dance.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

322. “Every birthday celebrates a life because every life is important.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

323. “I can’t force your lips to smile, but I can show them how easily mine do.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

324. “Oh, how terribly backwards, and yet sadly common, it is to sit scowling at family all the day long and then quickly put on a smile for strangers who drop by.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

325. “Obsessing over something that has jarred your world is called coping.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

326. “Sometimes the craziest laugh in the world is the only one that will save your sanity.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

327. “When someone tells me to ‘just relax,’ I wonder why they don’t hand me a book?”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

328. “It is in the midst of laughter that our perspective alters and we realize this trying life can still be enjoyed.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

329. “They say if you’re a better person today than you were yesterday you’re well on the road to perfection. So I figure if I’m a real snot today, tomorrow I should make huge progress.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

330. “I like bubbles in everything. I respect the power of silence. In cold or warm weather I favor a mug of hot cocoa. I admire cats – their autonomy, grace, and mystery. I awe at the fiery colors in a sunset. I believe in deity. I hear most often with my eyes, and I will trust a facial expression before any accompanying comment. I invent rules, words, adventures, and imaginary friends. I pretend something wonderful every day. I will never quit pretending.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

331. “Kresh kept silent beside me as Baron rehearsed his deadly plan. I listened with my eyes aimed at the horizon, witnessing the night consume a final red vein of daylight. It struck me that nightfall always drowned the sunset. Never did the sun resurface from where it sank, nor would it ever.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

332. “It’s a phenomenal experience jumping from the devious mind of a sorceress bent on conquering the world to the compassionate musing of a queen capable of healing life with a touch – all in a flicker of thought. That’s why I love writing.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

333. “Moms are life’s number one cheerleaders without uniforms.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

334. “Beauty is a behavior. As is ugliness.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

335. “I’m generally quite happy until someone tells me I’m not. I don’t see how they know I’m not, but suddenly I feel less happy.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

336. “When dragons attack, the only thing you should seek to stand behind is your own sword.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

337. “I can overlook the lie; what’s harder to ignore is the grotesque way it has marred your character.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

338. “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

339. “There are no real start-overs, only start-from-heres.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

340. “Dress the part! Invent and pretend to your heart’s content! Act, sing, and dance while everyone’s watching! The world’s a stage, remember?”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

341. “No one believes he is an idiot until the consequences of his actions prove it. Then hindsight rubs it in.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

342. “On Easter we wrap up pretty, little decorated eggs symbolizing life and renewal. We do this because of the intangibility of a promised gift, which is the eventual resurrection of the body, restored to its finest forever state. Easter celebrates life and the idea of its eternal value, most notably the life of the gift-giver who demands nothing in return. He is your Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

343. “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

344. “This thing that troubles you is only one small part of your life. Don’t allow it to be all-consuming when there’s so much more to embrace.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

345. “Your opponent’s wrong doesn’t automatically make you right. Most fights aren’t about who’s right; they are contention over degrees of wrongness.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

346. “You cannot fully understand a person’s need until you have endured the same need. As hard as you may try to predict and comprehend their situation and suffering, I guarantee you’ll fall short until you’ve been there.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

347. “Hatred is prevalent on this earth because it requires no real effort, unlike the investment it takes to genuinely understand a person.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

348. “I love you for a great many reasons and despite a great many others.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

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

— Richelle E. Goodrich

350. “Father always said that money doesn’t grow on trees. Well, time doesn’t grow on trees either.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich