Top 500 Richelle E. Goodrich Quotes (2026 Update)
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401. “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

402. “Happiness simply forms like a rainbow in the kindest and most grateful hearts.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

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

— Richelle E. Goodrich

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

— Richelle E. Goodrich

405. “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

406. “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

407. “The richest people are those who have an abundance of what we take with us into the next life.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

408. “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

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

— Richelle E. Goodrich

410. “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

411. “The cup is both half full and half empty; it has never been one or the other. Stop obsessing over a trivial point and be thankful you have something to drink.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

412. “If throughout your entire life you make no fortune; travel next to nowhere; obtain a meager education; invent nothing new; are a stranger to fame; lack talent, wit, and charm – if these things are true and yet in the heart of every human who crosses your path you plant a seed of happiness, or, at the very least, you coax a smile from the saddest faces, your life will indeed be the greatest success story ever.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

413. “Life made me an actor from birth. The world, darling, is not my stage but my audience.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

414. “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

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

— Richelle E. Goodrich

416. “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

417. “Habits grow like dragons if you feed them.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

418. “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

419. “In sleep I visit the vast unknown to dream wondrous possibilities into existence.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

420. “What a mother wants is to hold her babies when they’re small and to be held by them once they’ve grown tall. It’s empty arms a mother dreads.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

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

— Richelle E. Goodrich

422. “Consider guilt like a street sign that warns of rough roads ahead if you don’t make a u-turn.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

423. “You never step backwards when you’re sure of where you’re going.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

424. “Heaven’s currency is friendship.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

425. “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

426. “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

427. “You know the wolf in sheep’s clothing? He is the enticing offer to sell out. But selling out is not success; it is defeat in disguise. Do not be fooled by that hungry wolf.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

428. “Children rarely follow parental advice unless it is acted out repeatedly. It’s called being an example.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

429. “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

430. “Isn’t it strange how a lamb can feel like a lion when comparing itself to a mouse, whereas a lion feels like a lamb when measuring itself against dragons?”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

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

— Richelle E. Goodrich

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

— Richelle E. Goodrich

433. “Books are wishing stars fallen to Earth, waiting for people to live their dreams through reading.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

434. “It’s easy to give advice on trials that have caused you to stumble. It’s harder to talk about those that have knocked you flat.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

435. “Life’s greatest lessons were not shown to me, read to me, illustrated or explained to me; they happened to me.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

436. “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

437. “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

438. “Afraid of offending with an off word or the slightest insensitivity, I keep an unobtrusive and silent distance. Nevertheless, my pursed lips and offish stance are perceived as cold, managing to offend all.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

439. “The real beauty of a woman is most clearly seen in the smiles of those who interact with her.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

440. “The bulk of life is discovering who you are – and then reconciling that with who you wish you were.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

441. “A monster’s worst fear is of being found.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

442. “Happiness must be a jealous pet. When you try seeking yours out, it tends to keep hidden. But as soon as you turn to help a friend find his, your own happiness comes bounding out of the darkness like some crazed animal.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

443. “She laughed, and he fell in love.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

444. “There are in this world ample reasons to be sad and disheartened, discouraged and fearful. But there are as many reasons not to be.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

445. “Experience is the catalyst for all great stories.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

446. “Sometimes when I prepare to write, I feel the same sensation wash over me as if my toes were curling over the brink of a high cliff, my gaze peering downward into a dark pond, and I anxiously wonder, will the water prove deep enough? Will my words be satisfactory?”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

447. “Life is the clay from which dreams are molded.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

448. “If you love something, you find a way to have it in your life. Opposers may take away your means and tools, but you simply turn to crude replacements, fashioning them from scraps if necessary. Threats only make you steal moments of secrecy to satisfy your love. And if it means but a morsel here and there, you accept each crumb gladly because nothing else can even begin to satisfy your hunger.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

449. “It’s silly to think the left eye would envy the right or that one foot would be jealous of the other, and yet so often it is the case.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

450. “It is a greater triumph for the fearful soul who tries and fails than for the fearless who succeed.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich