Richelle E Goodrich Quotes

Very often, what is meant to be a stepping stone turns out to be a slab of wet cement that will harden around your foot if you do not take the next step soon enough.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

You'll be hard-pressed to reach your goals if you don't map out where you're going. Take time to navigate your life.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

My goals may seem impossibly far-fetched when really they're not.  Break them down into steps and see how I accomplish great things.  I can easily reach from A to B.  I can manage from B to C. I can then make it from C to D.  And so eventually, I will find my way from A to Z.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Having this, we want that.Owning some, we want more.Standing here, we wish to be there.If it's impossible, we struggle to make it happen.Why are we like this? Why not be content with some, here, and now? Why is enough not enough? Because humans are ambitious creatures not meant to be idle or fruitless. We strive to learn, to grow, to achieve, to amass; therefore, we will never be content.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Don't give up.I know you've made a thousand attempts to reach your goal, but look at it this way: after repeatedly banging your head against the wall, you ought to be numb enough break through this time.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

If I must start somewhere, right here and now is the best place imaginable.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Today is a BRAND NEW day—a perfectly good reason to get up and start over. Never give up.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

The key to success―keep swimming. Even when they tap you on the shoulder to say the pool has been drained, just keep swimming.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Your problem is in thinking the sky's the limit. Why set limits?

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

A little here and a little there will always accumulate, so why be surprised when steady, small steps take you to great places?

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

How frustrating to think you can be lost to yourself. And yet how often it is that a stranger stares back at you from the mirror. Maybe in truth we never see ourselves as clearly as the thousands of eyes that daily take us in.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

This is me today, but take heed; it is not the same me as yesterday, and it will not be the same me tomorrow.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Have you honestly pondered your individual worth? Consider every lower life form in the world—the animals, plants, fouls and fishes. Consider the land forms and numerous earthly wonders. Consider the countless worlds beyond this planet as well as their stars and galaxies. And then consider yourself. Of all God’s creations, you were formed in His image, resembling the likeness of a God. That’s something to think about.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Some days I feel like my worth is being reevaluated every five minutes.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Believing in yourself means more than simply believing in your own ultimate success; it means believing you will survive failures, disappointments, rejections, and criticism but still persist.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

A sincere and warmly-expressed apology can produce the same effects as morphine on a suffering soul.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Sometimes the difference between success and failure is simply the degree to which you crave one over the other.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

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

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Most are unaware of their tremendous worth and boundless potential, despite possessing both.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

It's easy to offer advice on trials that have caused you to stumble. It's harder to talk about those that have knocked you flat.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Giving advice is like seeing an elephant in someone’s path and suggesting they remove it. Heeding advice requires forcing the elephant to budge. Huge difference.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

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

With the best of intentions you toss me a lifeline. Failing to see how a piece of rope will do me any good, I ignore it and drown.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Why so eager to jump in and direct someone else's life when you can't stick to your own goals and resolutions?

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

It's advice, not a commandment.Don't swallow it whole until you're absolutely sure you've been given good, healthy advice.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Take it one step at a time—inarguably wise advice. And yet we all take a running leap, hoping the wind will catch us on its wings and lift us clear to the top of the beanstalk. Those few Jacks who have reached new heights in this manner inevitably wish they had taken more time to prepare for the overbearing giant who greeted them.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

It's frustrating when our best efforts to help people fail. But if we could see life through their weary eyes and experience their trials with the same frayed emotions, we might understand why.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

It is darkness that reveals the brightest stars and most ardent wishes.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

By small and simple sentences, great books come to pass.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Every exceptional writer holds a Master of Arts in Daydreaming.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

For the real writers, every decision is either write or wrong.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

It's a phenomenal experience jumping from the devious mind of a sorceress bent on conquering the world to the compassionate musing of a queen capable of healing life with a touch—all in a flicker of thought. That's why I love writing.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

A writer writes knowing that nothing else will elicit the same kind of satisfaction and personal triumph as molding the written word into a reader's great experience.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

If we were always given a choice as to every path presented us in life, a multitude of roads leading to priceless treasures would forever go untraveled.Be grateful for your adversities. From toil and triumph evolves a life worth li

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

You cannot fully understand a person's need until you have endured the same need. As hard as you may try to predict and comprehend their situation and suffering, I guarantee you'll fall short until you've been there.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Silly little monster” all would say.They’d scratch its head and turn awayuntil it snatched their tiny noses.They couldn’t even smell the roses!Ever after, every childdreaded monsters, fierce or mild.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

A dragon grows in leaps and bounds,Like troubles mounting by the pound.Its stature heightens day to day,Imposing dread and deep dismay.A paralyzing roar it gainsWhile from its snout hot fire rains.It sees you shrink. Your fear it knows.And by the hour the nightmare grows.Unless you slay the dragon soon,Your troubles may become your doom.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

You tell me that yes, I can do it. I know. And I may do it, if I so choose.You tell me that no, I cannot. I say, Oh? I shall do it, since you refuse!

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Death lurks in the shadows, just out of view. Now and then I see his reaching hand, uncertain of the blurry image that passes before my eyes, but conscious of the crippling influence of his touch. Some say Death rears an ugly head, so hideous a view the beholder can scarcely gasp their last breath. Others call him beautiful, a sweet relief to look upon. But these are rumors babbled by the unknowing. For Death is like the gorgon, Medusa, who when perceived, turns the body to stone. Those who know Death take the knowledge of his shadowed face with them to wherever it is he leads our dearly departed by the hand. All who are left behind must wait their turn to glance into the eyes of the one who will close our mouths forever.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

What if dragons breathed bubbles and purred when they cuddled and giggled at chivalrous knights for their troubles?What if dragons felt soft, having scales made of cloth,and they moved rather slow like a brown-throated sloth?What if dragons were shyand did easily crywhen confronted by characters callous and sly?What if dragons did goodbut were misunderstoodso men mercilessly slew the beasts right where they stood?What if dragons aren’t missedbecause there is no listof extinct types of quarry that now don’t exist?

~ Richelle E. Goodrich