Top 500 Richelle E. Goodrich Quotes (2025 Update)
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351. “Beauty is a behavior. As is ugliness.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

352. “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

353. “Mind what you say, but mind more closely what you do. For though children close their ears to you, their eyes remain wide open.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

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

— Richelle E. Goodrich

355. “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

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

— Richelle E. Goodrich

357. “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

358. “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

359. “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

360. “Southern DADDY – Dandy At Doin’ Diapers Y’all!”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

361. “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

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

— Richelle E. Goodrich

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

— Richelle E. Goodrich

364. “Be careful what you wish for. It may turn out that making the wish was the only good part.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

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

— Richelle E. Goodrich

366. “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

367. “Someday my children will look fondly on the annoying things I did and see them clearly as evidence of love.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

368. “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

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

— Richelle E. Goodrich

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

— Richelle E. Goodrich

371. “Forgiveness is kindness regardless.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

372. “If you often feel alone, ignored, or forgotten, think about this: closing the door and locking yourself in won’t change anything – literally and figuratively.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

373. “Temptations don’t appear nearly as harmful as the roads they lead you down.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

374. “I drifted off after a while, staring at the only star visible through the thick covering of leaves. Hope seemed a futile wish, but I troubled the lonely star to grant it anyway.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

375. “It is a fight to let go of a past that refuses to withdraw its sticky tentacles from your present.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

376. “Like yeast, it’s impressive how considerably an ounce of determination can make one’s efforts grow and expand.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

377. “I never realized how much you meant to me until someone spoke your name and an irrepressible, goofy grin stretched my lips.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

378. “Why is the eye considered a reliable judge when it knows nothing of love or intelligence?”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

379. “It is neither trials nor relationships nor successes nor failures that define a man, but the choices he makes while handling them.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

380. “Che significa che devo avere l’approvazione di qualcuno? Io sono qualcuno. Io approvo. Quindi do il permesso a me stesso di andare avanti con il mio pieno supporto.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

381. “Observe the Lord’s Day as he would have you, and perhaps He will observe your days as you would have Him.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

382. “Happiness is a frame of mind. It is a state of thinking. It is an attitude, a headset, a mentality. Happiness is a disposition and demeanor. It is a mood and sensibility. It is a philosophy, a notion, a tone, an outlook and perspective. Happiness is all of these things, none of which exist separate from me. They cannot be extracted or stolen because they constitute my very being. Therefore, happiness must be the natural essence of me.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

383. “You can lament over what could have been, or you can do something bold; use that energy to create an enviable future. It is up to you.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

384. “If only I could take it all back. If only I could change a few early choices, those seemingly unimportant, insignificant choices. How vital they appear to me now. How different my life would be if I had not allowed even the least degree of sin to enter in. But time can be turned backwards for no one.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

385. “It’s not wrong to feel sorry for yourself. Just like it’s not wrong to stand in a puddle of water while the rain pours down on your head. But neither is productive, unless you enjoy feeling cold and miserable and soggy while mascara runs down your face.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

386. “Teddy bears, not grizzly bears, get invited in for honey.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

387. “Freedom is the color of red. It is saturated with the blood of those who fought to attain it, and it will continue to be colored by the blood of those who fight to protect it.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

388. “A great father is one whose children look up to him rather than away from him.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

389. “Music is my enchanter, the seducer of my emotions, the fire and ice that moves me.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

390. “If you dream your problems at night and live your problems by day, you are suffering the effects of paralyzing toxins delivered by the sting of worry, stress, and fear. You must detach yourself from these leeches if you do not wish to be irreversibly poisoned.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

391. “You need tell me nothing; I already know your heart. Through your simplest choices you’ve given yourself away.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

392. “With the best of intentions you toss me a lifeline. Failing to see how a piece of rope will do me any good, I ignore it and drown.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

393. “Some days I feel like my worth is being reevaluated every five minutes.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

394. “Night helps us appreciate daylight, while lengthy days make us yearn for a good stretch of night.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

395. “Happiness branches from the tree of kindness, abounding with the fruit of sweet smiles.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

396. “Sunshine warms us, as do smiles – which makes me think that smiles are sunbeams reflected off our teeth.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

397. “Find much to be grateful for in every day. Doing so will not only enrich your life, it will bless those around you in ways you may never know.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

398. “Have you honestly pondered your individual worth? Consider every lower life form in the world – the animals, plants, fouls and fishes. Consider the land forms and numerous earthly wonders. Consider the countless worlds beyond this planet as well as their stars and galaxies. And then consider yourself. Of all God’s creations, you were formed in His image, resembling the likeness of a God. That’s something to think about.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

399. “While silently brooding, I am drawn to the start of a sweet melody that travels to my ear from afar. I smile, reminded that my heart can dance when my feet can’t.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

400. “Effective parenting requires being the grown up version of what you want your children to be. Why? Because example is the most compelling superpower.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich