Richelle E Goodrich Quotes

If God were to make a million lovely flowers in your image and plant them in a garden with you among them, I would still know you by your scent and by the feel of your petals and by the crazy way you lean towards my light whenever I draw near.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Pray each morning and each night.Talk to God and be polite.Tell Him what you're grateful for.Leave your troubles at His door.Share your wishes, needs, and hopes.Ask God how to bravely cope.Tell Him all you learned today.Say the things you need to say.Beg forgiveness for your sins.Pray to live with Him again.Speak with earnest heart and soul.He will listen. This I know.For prayer is hope put to the test.And hope is faith in what is best.Faith is power to do great things.Thus, prayer is faith's enabling wings.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Mistakes focus our minds on specific details. They weed out truths and afford us goals, bringing straight to our attention lessons to be learned. Mistakes are not meant to make us failures; they are meant to make us wise.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

We live that we might have experience; that through it we might gain wisdom, compassion, faith, and inner strength.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

You can capture this body of mine, take away my freedom and enslave me. You may even have the power to capture my soul and sentence me to the realm of eternal darkness. But my dreams you cannot touch. They are my will―the very essence of who I am. In them I laugh. In them I cry. In them I love. And in them.....I live.My dreams are untouchable and unceasing.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

When I count my blessings, I find you in every one.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

The world seems to want us to be sad and angry because bad things frequently happen. But I say we should feel the opposite. We should be happy and cheerful because good things happen. We should be delighted to see the sun rise and stars glow and rainbows color stormy skies. We should savor every simple breath and eat each meal with gratitude. We should slumber in sweet dreams and relish moments of laughter and love. We should take more notice of the joys and kindnesses that do exist, still dictating the actions of millions of good people all over the world. Life is filled with pleasant moments, not just grief. We should be happy because this is true.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Ha ha ha ha! Tee-hee-hee!Mwa-ha mwa-ha!Kee kee kee!Ho ho ho ho! Haw-hee-haw! Heh heh heh heh!Gah guffaw! Hoo hoo hoo hoo!Hoi hoi-eee!Ba ha ha ha! Tsee tsee tsee!Giggle, titter,snicker, crow,laughter makesmy 'happy' grow!

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

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

I love you means I want you to be happy.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Music is happiness with a steady pulse.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Alas, impatience is but another form of unhappiness. It is true, it is true. I have never met a happy impatient person.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Happiness is never in a rush. If you move too fast, you leave it behind.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Laugh and smile for no reason at all. Giggle grins are a magnet for happiness.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Past and Present I know well; each is a friend and sometimes an enemy to me. But it is the quiet, beckoning Future, an absolute stranger, with whom I have fallen madly in love.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

My favorite words in the world are these: in conjunction.They question curiosities in simple form and function. is a query of broadest scope. is wonder that fuels all hope.Together they lasso the mind like rope, and spur the wildest deductions!

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Life can seem like a gloomy wait in the thick of black shadows.And still there are those who smile at the darkness, anticipating the beauty of an eventual sunrise.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Nothing can squelch your fire except turning your back on the thing that fuels it.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Weakness drives us to set goals, to try harder, to put forth more effort, to dream and wish and hope, to reach out further and down deeper, to pray earnestly, to cry mightily, to understand and empathize with valid sincerity. In truth, weakness is a catalyst for greater strength.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

The rarest, truest beauty is visible only to the heart.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

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

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

What I've learned about writing is that sometimes less is more, while often more is grander. And both are true.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Knowledge gained is as useless as prideif filed away and never applied.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Life's greatest lessons were not shown to me, read to me, illustrated or explained to me; they happened to me.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Chew off a little every day, because it’s hard to swallow a whole pie at once.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

You cannot know what I do not tell you, yet you will be judged harshly for not knowing.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

One of the most troubling facts I have had to accept is that people are not all angel or all devil. They are both good and awful to varying degrees and in varying circumstances. On any given day, dependent upon the situation, you will be confronted by either the devil of a person or the angel of the same person or a curious mix of both. This means you can, and most likely will, love and hate the same individual alternately throughout your life. This truth I find painfully heartbreaking.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Had life not given me reasons to grieve, I would never have known the healing power of a hug.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Rare and precious moments, how I long to live with you eternally! If only your sweetness never ceased to touch my lips, and the flutters you evoke nevermore faded away. I dream of your arm extended immeasurably to keep hold of my reaching hand. But Father Time, being a cruel master, will not grant such a wish. And so I tuck you away as cherished memories, stored in a treasure box buried in my heart. And in times of solitude, I shall bring you out to view like rainbows.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Time is a power of its own, and it may be the only power by which some miracles come to pass.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

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

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Time passes…..and a billion lives are affected in ways we’ll never know.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Experience is the catalyst for all great stories.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Hey, pretty book, why don’t you lie in my lap awhile?

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Dragons are a manifestation of things we fear. More often than not, those fears prove to be just as daunting and just as imaginary.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Fearing the night won’t keep the sun from setting.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Fear comes at me like a massive bull with lowered horns ready to gore. But I have learned of the insubstantial nature of fear: if I stand my ground, it will pass right through me.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Fear is not respect. It is but a conniving, little weasel next to that mighty lion. They are a far, far cry from the same animal.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Fear confronted me, and I stood paralyzed. He seemed a formidable, abiding presence. Then a voice whispered, “Fear not.” Fear not, I thought with desperate longing. Oh, how I wanted to heed those words—but how? Hour after hour, day after day, fear refused to budge while I remained paralyzed. And so I let him make my choices; what else could I do? Alas, he never once chose well for me.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

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