Richelle Goodrich Quotes

Giddy is a grin and giggles and that glint of goofiness in your gaze.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

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

The road to happiness starts with a deep breath and an awareness of the many blessings tied to that single breath.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

There are still blue skies and rainbows and days bathed in sunlight. There are colorful shade trees filled with sweet bird songs. And there are wishing stars in the heavens as well as angels in God's service. So lift up your eyes. Refuse to be unhappy.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

We forget that the sweetest joys are found in the simplest acts: hugs, laughter, quiet observation, basic movements, holding hands, pleasant music, shared stories, a listening ear, an unhurried visit, and selfless service. It is sad we forget a truth so elementary.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

A moment of torture feels like an eternity, while an eternity of joy passes in a moment. Perhaps time is naught but an illusion.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Without you there would be no me. I am everything reflected in your eyes. I am everything approved by your smile. I am everything born of your guidance. I am me only because of you.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Our greatest duty to our children is to love them first.  Secondly, it is to teach them.  Not to frighten, force, or intimidate our children into submission, but to effectively teach them so that they have the knowledge and tools to govern themselves.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

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

Mind what you say, but mind more closely what you do. For though children close their ears to you, their eyes remain wide open.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

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

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

I am but the reflection in your eyes, the effect of your expressions, and the sum of your praise and criticism.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Validate my existence with your words and I will speak to you all the day long.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Children harbor a great many doubts and sorrows that could be eased by a loving hug from a parent.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

I may deserve your disappointment as well as a lecture and strict discipline, but what I need is your understanding, your guidance, and your unconditional love.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Someday my children will look fondly on the annoying things I did and see them clearly as evidence of love.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

I hang around kids so people will assume when I act like one it's because I'm babysitting.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

A mother is a child's first looking glass into the world.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

A society built upon a foundation of vengeance is a society doomed to destroy itself.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

When you devalue ethics and morals by proclaiming that our attitude toward them should be casual or lenient, you can't be surprised by a rising generation who then behaves disrespectfully, treating life, people, and choices as if they possess little value or worth.  For whether or not that was the intention, society has taught them to believe thusly.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

There is strength in numbers, yes, but even more so in collective good will. For those endeavors are supported by mighty forces unseen.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Life has moments that feel as if the sun has blackened to tar and the entire world turned to ice.  It feels as if Hades and his vile demons have risen from the depths of Tartarus solely for the purpose of banding to personally torture you, and that their genuine intent of mental, emotional, and spiritual anguish is tearing you to shreds.  Your heart weighs as heavily as leaden legs which you would drag yourself forward with if not for the quicksand that pulls you down inch by inch, paralyzing your will and threatening oblivion.  And all the while fire and brimstone pour from the sky, pelting only you.  Truly, that is what it feels like. But that feeling is a trial that won't last forever.  Never give up.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Live your day and live it well. It's yours whether you want it or not.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

We live our lives supposing things are as they appear to be when that is almost never the case.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Those things that inspire, enthuse, and compel you should consume your life.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

If you feel like a nearly-drowned rat that’s been dragged through the mud, all twisted up inside your mother’s borrowed, prized quilt, having been tossed about by gale force winds that managed to entangle you in barbed wire one-thousand miles from your goal in the middle of a hot, barren nowhere void of any basic necessities―then congratulations! You’re no observer but an actual participant in the game of life! Stand up and keep living.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

I don't believe that the course of anyone's lifetime has ever been as unerring as that of the rising and setting sun, but I know many lives that have been just as inspiring.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

The power behind living a dream lies in either believing it's a dream or knowing it's not.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Life is a book that someone else is reading—and you, a key character—hence the need for continual conflict and resolution. We can't have any boring books.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Life demands much. Give more.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Trying to fix the shortcoming of others while ignoring your own flaws results in little if no improvement―not to mention bitter feelings. Concentrating on personal growth sets a good example and results in the improvement of one life if not more.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Every brush stroke on the canvas, every dab of color introduced, the fine textures impressed in the paint—this accumulation of many small acts combines to shape a final work of art.  And so it is with life; each step, each deed, each brief choice builds gradually, day by day, to shape both character and destiny.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

As a writer, I see the saga of your life in a single glimpse. It may be inaccurate, but my version doesn't lack for creativity.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Some build their castles 'mid thunderbolts and fireworks. My worlds take shape in silence.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Artistry exists in everyone. What makes it blossom is a soul's personal desire to find an outlet for expression.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

No matter how hard they try, they'll never create anything so perfectly beautiful as what plays out in my own imagination.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Authors always carry a means for scribbling and an excuse for pausing, often inopportunely, to record those fleeting sparks of creative fancy that might otherwise vanish like a wisp in the wind if ignored.  Writing is a jealous and needy lover.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Something wonderful is about to happen, and something awful is about to happen. You can dwell on either one. It’s your choice.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

You made a choice—a single choice. How neat to think you may have opened the door to a wondrous future without knowing.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich

Hope is the fuel within all human souls.Eliminate hope—nothing moves, nothing grows.

~ Richelle E. Goodrich