Top 500 Richelle E. Goodrich Quotes (2026 Update)
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401. “Temptations don’t appear nearly as harmful as the roads they lead you down.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

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

— Richelle E. Goodrich

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

— Richelle E. Goodrich

404. “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

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

— Richelle E. Goodrich

406. “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

407. “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

408. “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

409. “I don’t doubt that you think you love me; what I doubt is your understanding of love.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

410. “Honesty is considerably more than the absence of lying. It is the absence of deception, of cheating, of stealing, of treachery, of guile. But that is not all, honesty is the inclusion of virtuous characteristics as well: loyalty, justness, truth, accuracy, reliance, sincerity, openness. Honesty is every word, every action, and every intention being both bare and noble.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

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

— Richelle E. Goodrich

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

— Richelle E. Goodrich

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

— Richelle E. Goodrich

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

— Richelle E. Goodrich

415. “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

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

— Richelle E. Goodrich

417. “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

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

— Richelle E. Goodrich

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

— Richelle E. Goodrich

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

— Richelle E. Goodrich

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

— Richelle E. Goodrich

422. “Heaven’s currency is friendship.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

423. “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

424. “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

425. “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

426. “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

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

— Richelle E. Goodrich

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

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

— Richelle E. Goodrich

431. “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

432. “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

433. “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

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

— Richelle E. Goodrich

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

— Richelle E. Goodrich

436. “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

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

— Richelle E. Goodrich

438. “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

439. “I tried and they laughed, but I laughed harder because I knew none of them had the nerve to even try.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

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

— Richelle E. Goodrich

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

— Richelle E. Goodrich

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

— Richelle E. Goodrich

443. “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

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

— Richelle E. Goodrich

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

— Richelle E. Goodrich

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

— Richelle E. Goodrich

447. “Your problem is in thinking the sky’s the limit. Why set limits?”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

448. “It turns out the simplest choices have been far more important in the long run than I ever imagined.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

449. “Christmastime is when love and kindness shine at their brightest.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

450. “If we were to behave half as well as we believe others ought to behave, we might prove ourselves as grand in character as excuses and justifications prevent us from being.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich