Richelle E Goodrich Quotes

Life isn’t always kind. It isn’t gentle and loving or sympathetic to the pains and sorrows of humanity. I, however, as an individual in control of my own actions, can be kind and loving, gentle and sympathetic to those around me, and in the process improve what life is for everyone.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Out of all the magic words in existence, kind words produce the most powerful transformation spells.

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It’s easy to be kind to friends who return your smiles and happily lend a helping hand. But the true test of good character is finding the will and desire to be kind and charitable to those who give us absolutely no motivation to do so.

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As a child, I once suffered a bad fall that resulted in scratched palms and scraped knees. I remember how badly it stung, the cold air hitting my bleeding wounds; I felt that I couldn’t stand up for the pain. Through a veil of tears, I recall a kind hand reaching for me and helping me to my feet. My knees and palms were washed clean, and I remember thinking that for the rest of my life, I wanted to help people stand back up.

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Love is donating a chunk of your life to patch up holes in the life of another.

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When you love someone, you don’t care that she ate your sandwich. You only hope she found it delicious.

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If kindness is beauty, patience is disarming elegance.

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People think kindness is a soft, weak, submissive influence when in reality it is the most potent, persuasive force in existence.

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At times we feel outnumbered in our attempts to improve the world—to brighten and beautify, to preserve and heal and do what’s best for humanity. Selfless efforts can start to feel beleaguering, discouraging, even pointless with so little support. It is at these times I remind myself that I would rather be the last Good Samaritan standing than to join the ranks of selfish multitudes creating misery.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

There are hundreds of reasons to be kind, but only one that matters—because it’s who you are.

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Teddy bears, not grizzly bears, get invited in for honey.

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If people were kinder, the world might cease weeping.

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Sit with me, and I'll not be alone.Hold my hand, and I'll not feel alone.Cry with me, and I'll no longer suffer alone.

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Kind words and tender affections will not save me from this lake of woe and misery, but they may be enough of a buoy to prevent my drowning.

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The most irresistible beauty is the radiant glow from a kind and gentle heart.

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If you've put a smile on someone's face today, you've done more good than you know.

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Kindness is my weapon of choice. My second is a Semmian da

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Dress yourself in the silks of benevolence because kindness makes you beautiful.

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Always be good, but be wickedly beautiful.

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Love is many kind acts accumulated over time that leave us feeling wonderful.

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Don't seek to be happy; let everyone else chase after that rainbow. Seek to be kind, and you'll find the rainbow follows you.

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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.

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

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Many people believe they have found the key to Heaven's gate, not realizing that there is no key hole. It is a barrier upon which you must knock. And I believe that it is by our small and simple acts of kindness that we find the gate left ajar.

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What is the right tool, the best option, the choicest gift,the winning hand, the greatest relief, the finest revenge, the sweetest drink, the perfect response, the working solution, the strongest medi

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The horses have stoppedtheir clippity-clop,but feet are too slowfor where I must go.So here I shall stayuntil light of daywhen clippity-clopgets my team underway.

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Changing your attitude, your outlook, your mindset, perspective, disposition, or mood—they all mean controlling where you allow your thoughts to linger.

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I wish I could fly.I wish I were rich.I wish I had more time.”“But you can, and you are, and you do; I wish you would open your eyes.

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A box sits empty,wanting to hold and protect.Hollow tears it cries.

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Thousands of hopeful days came to naught before this one. This was a golden day. Never give up.

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They say if you're a better person today than you were yesterday you're well on the road to perfection. So I figure if I'm a real snot today, tomorrow I should make huge progress.

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Seemingly insignificant choices are like seemingly trivial seeds. Once planted, they root and grow and spread into something tremendous. Imagine the prickly weeds some choices amount to over time and be careful not to plant them.

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Small steps may appear unimpressive, but don't be deceived. They are the means by which perspectives are subtly altered, mountains are gradually scaled, and lives are drastically changed.

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Perfection may be an island out of reach, but setting your sails toward it makes for a magnificent voyage.

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To get it doneand see it thru,find less to sayand more to do.

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Understand that great accomplishments require great effort. If a goal is achieved without effort, it is no accomplishment but a mere happening.

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I opened my eyes today to a world that felt alien. For though things resembled the familiar, nothing was the same. Walls I once considered confining, crumbled at the slightest shove. Mountains that for ages had barred my view now faded, transparent. Meandering roads stretched out as straight as an arrow, void of stop signs. Obstacles no longer stood stationary. Pinnacles loomed within reach. Beasts were tame, bullies timid, wagging tongues all tied into knots, and in the palm of my hand glistened the end of a glorious rainbow. It took but a moment to realize that in my newfound sight, everything I’d ever longed for was accessible. Incredibly, the only thing that had really changed was the way I saw the world.

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You will find there are times you must grasp your life with both hands and forcefully steer it in a new direction and then strain to hold your course until the storms of fear, weakness, and doubt abate.

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Raging fires grow from the tiniest spark; it is the same principle at work in life. As long as there's a spark, tend to your fire. Never give up. 

~ Richelle E. Goodrich