Richard Paul Evans Quotes

For most of my life I have thought of grace as a hope of a bright tomorrow in spite of the darkness of today--and this is true. In this way we are all like Pamela, walking a road to grace--hoping for mercy. What we fail to realize is that grace is more than our destination, it is the journey itself, manifested in each breath and with each step we take. Grace surrounds us, whirls about us like the wind, falls on us like rain. Grace sustains us on our journeys, no matter how perilous they may be and, make no mistake, they are all perilous. We need not hope for grace, we merely need to open our eyes to its abundance. Grace is all around us, not just in the hopeful future but in the miracle of now.

~ Richard Paul Evans

Why is it that good always has to fight an uphill battle?I thought for a moment, then said, I don't know. Maybe that's the point. Good things are higher up.

~ Richard Paul Evans

All that's required for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing.

~ Richard Paul Evans

Often times, the greatest peace comes of surrender.

~ Richard Paul Evans

Why is it that we so easily confide secrets to strangers that we so carefully hide from ourselves?

~ Richard Paul Evans

What a culture we live in, we are swimming in an ocean of information, and drowning in ignorance.

~ Richard Paul Evans

Our culture's quest to hide death behind a facade of denial has made fools and pretended immortals of us all. Perhaps it would be more helpful and liberating to begin each day by repeating the words of Crazy Horse, Today is a good day to die.

~ Richard Paul Evans

The smells of Christmas are the smells of childhood

~ Richard Paul Evans

Truth is patient. It can afford to be for eventually it will have its way.

~ Richard Paul Evans

Only those who never step, never stumble.

~ Richard Paul Evans

The truist indication of gratitude is to return what you are grateful for.

~ Richard Paul Evans

. . .and every native has a story of winter – stories that usually begin, You call this a storm? And grow in the telling like battle tales shared by graying war veterans. It’s a peculiar character flaw to those of us from cold climates that we feel superior to those who have the sense to live elsewhere.

~ Richard Paul Evans

Just like our story, the original Christmas tales were stories of searching, not so much for the lost, as for the familiar. Mary and Joseph sought in Bethlehem- the home of their familial ancestry- a place to start their own family; the three kings from the East journeyed beneath the sentinel star to find the King of Kings; and the shepherds sought a child in a place most familiar to them: a manger.

~ Richard Paul Evans

The sweetness of reunion is the joy of heaven.

~ Richard Paul Evans

The warrior who goes off to battle should not boast as the one who returns from it.

~ Richard Paul Evans

fear doesn't listen to reason it takes it own counsel

~ Richard Paul Evans

Sunsets, like childhood, are viewed with wonder not just because they are beautiful but because they are fleeting.

~ Richard Paul Evans

Simply stated, earth is a school-a divine educational process custom-fit to each of us.

~ Richard Paul Evans

We love those whom we serve (p. 26)

~ Richard Paul Evans

The sound of a kiss is not as strong as that of a cannon, but its echo endures much longer.

~ Richard Paul Evans

There is one day that has brought me unspeakable pain, & the effects of that day continue to cover & erode my world like rust. I suspect that someday the rust will eat through the joists & posts of my life & I will topple, literally as well as figuratively.

~ Richard Paul Evans

I have wondered why it is that our greatest triumphs spring from our greatest extremity and adversity. Perhaps it is because we are so resistant to change, we only move when our seat becomes too hot to occupy.

~ Richard Paul Evans

Under the right circumstances, a tiny spark can grow into an inferno that can overcome an entire city. So can an idea.

~ Richard Paul Evans

A man's worth isn't measured by a bank register or diploma... It's about integrity

~ Richard Paul Evans

Knowing your self-worth isn't something others can validate. You either believe it or you don't.

~ Richard Paul Evans

I don't know what is behind the curtain, only that I need to find out.

~ Richard Paul Evans

I have learned that real angels don't have gossamer white robes and Cherubic skin, they have calloused hands and smell of the days' sweat.

~ Richard Paul Evans

Oftentimes it's the smallest, seemingly inconsequential acts that make the biggest differences in our lives.

~ Richard Paul Evans

I have found that the most significant experiences of our lives rarely come when we're expecting them and oftentimes when we're not even paying attention.

~ Richard Paul Evans

I sighed. Now what do I do? He leaned against my wall. What do you want to do? Since when has that mattered? It's always mattered. It doesn't mean you'll get what you want, but what you want always matters. That's what defines you.

~ Richard Paul Evans

Where is the best place to hide a penny? It is in a jar of pennies.

~ Richard Paul Evans

In college I took a social psychology course, something I thought useful for a career in advertising. Psychologists tested the story of the Good Samaritan. What they learned gives us reason to pause. The greatest determinant of who stopped to help the stranger in need was not compassion, morality, or religious creed. It was those who had the time. Makes me wonder if I have time to do good. Apparently, Angel does.

~ Richard Paul Evans

Helping others carries its own rewards, the first of which is a return to humanity.

~ Richard Paul Evans

Iwas not a reader at all, not until I discovered 'The Hobbit.' That changed my life. It gave me the courage to read. It led me to the 'Lord of the Rings' series. And once I'd read that, I knew I could read anything because I had just read thousands of pages.

~ Richard Paul Evans

The idea of being a novelist is really romantic, but it's kind of the same as being president of the United States - it's not gonna happen.

~ Richard Paul Evans