Richelle E. Goodrich, Making Wishes Quotes

Who cares who's right or wrong when the last word is a kind apology?

The least effort is the feat most likely to be accomplished.

Take time to laugh, to talk, to hug, and to cry. These are the human relief valves.

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

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.

It is in the coldest months that hugs linger snug, and they warm the soul the most.

It is to our own detriment that we underestimate the might of small and simple things.

You are not my sunshine. Sorry. You're more like a gust of arctic wind that bursts in and blows out all the candles when the door cracks open.

It's strange how in childhood it feels like tomorrow won't come until the end of forever, but in adulthood it feels like the end of forever could come tomorrow.

Temptations don't appear nearly as harmful as the roads they lead you down.

Laughter and love are their own forms of exercise meant to keep a body healthy.

The effects of loss are acute, and unique to each individual. Not everyone mourns in the same way, but everyone mourns.

Freedom is the atmosphere in which humanity thrives. Breathe it in.

Before you take that first curious, coerced, spiteful, or vengeful step forward, remember this: it’s a thousand times easier to slip into a muddy pit than it is to climb out of one.

Life is a walk through the forest. Don't fear the trees, fear what lurks behind them.

Announcing the intended arrival of some people is kind of like issuing a hurricane warning.

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

Obsessing over something that has jarred your world is called coping.

Those things that challenge the worst in us tend to strengthen the best in us.

Learn to look up now and then, just in case a piano is falling from overhead.

You can't make me be nice.You can't make me be good.You can't make me be

If one is content to freely speak trash about another, it is probably more correct to judge them as the one of ill repute and refuse the load of garbage they offer you.

It's mind-boggling how many different worlds people live in on this one planet.

Aging is a mortal term that my immortal spirit doesn't quite grasp.

There are no rest stops on the road of life. Otherwise they'd be congested with traffic.

Never believe you're so great or important, so right or proud, that you cannot kneel at the feet of someone you hurt and offer a humble, sincere apology.

Life is a love story, with every character yearning for permanent refuge in someone's heart.

I survive on moments of make-believe happiness.

It is a sweet thing to have someone love you, but it is a far sweeter thing when his actions convince your heart, and his words persuade your soul.

Life is a voyage across troubled waters where our days are often spent clinging to the top of the highest mast, scouting for a comforting glimpse of shore.

There are times you find yourself standing by the wayside, watching as someone struggles to dig a well with a spoon, and you wish with all your heart you had arms and a shovel.

Reality is a background so painted over by our own perceptions that every eye sees the world differently.

Laughter isn't a sign of insanity but a shield against it.

It's too bad we're not all teddy bears. More stuffing would only make us cuter and cuddlier.

Saying 'I'm sorry' is saying 'I love you' with a wounded heart in one hand and your smothered pride in the other.

A great many problems could be solved by nothing more than a change in thinking.

While silently brooding, I am drawn to the start of a sweet melody that travels to my ear from afar. I smile, reminded that my heart can dance when my feet can't.

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

It wasn't a kiss that changed the frog, but the fact that a young girl looked beneath warts and slime and believed she saw a prince. So he became one.

The sun, rising and setting in splendid colors, never grows tired of its admirers―much like a lady, aglow with grace, never grows tired of chivalrous acts or pretty flowers.

Let the giggles fill your mouth because nothing tastes as sweet as laughter.

The actual secret to success: Be a better friend today than you were yesterday.

I love you because you loved me first. Yet you love me, saying I loved you first. Funny, our love thrives believing the other person started it.

Do we ignore the needyto spite the greedy?Or share and defenddespite those who pretend?

Life is a bonfire where everyone else has brought marshmallows, and you—a stick.

The search only ends when you finally find the one who truly gets you.

You cannot appreciate what you have never experienced. Sadly, full appreciation tends to come only after the experience is past.

Sometimes while gazing at the night's sky, I imagine stars looking down making wishes on the brightest of us.

Your tongue tends to say more about you when it blabs about other people.

Words never fade away but echo on for eternity. Let your echo ring sweet.