Richelle E. Goodrich, Slaying Dragons Quotes
All human beings wield influence—a powerful sword granted at birth. Wield your sword with care.
Birthdays were made for going wild over the people we think are amazing.
Anyone who takes the time to attentively listen is either an old soul or a romantic one.
No one believes he is an idiot until the consequences of his actions prove it. Then hindsight rubs it in.
To actively improve the worldand change your life as well, speak all the good you know, and all the bad refuse to tell.
The day you were bornHeaven wept at its great loss, Earth joyed at its gain.
Laughter can deflate almost any problem down to its proper size.
Quit acting like everything is so serious. Most situations aren’t as bad as you fear, and those that are might benefit from a little laughter.
I wear my wrinkles like battle scars, having earned every last one slaying life’s dragons. They boast of my victories and some defeats while their beauty is a wealth of wisdom gained.
In my lifetime I have witnessed far too many miracles to believe in impossibilities, and so I am officially modifying the defini
Stubbornness is surely just taut-jawed, clenched-fisted madness.
When there is not enough time to do your best, do the best you can with the time you have.
I am not what you see.I am what time and effort and interaction slowly unveil.
The greater self-confidence an individual possesses, the less inclined he is to put down others. This says a lot about those who constantly belittle.
New light in the skyannounces a sacred birth.Shine brightly young star.
Glittering tinsel, lights, glass balls, and candy canesdangle from pine trees.
Snowflakes fall from high.Flurries lift and twirl below.The world has turned white.
There are tomorrows on their way worth the struggles of today. Never give up.
If we were to behave half as well as we believe others ought to behave, we might prove ourselves as grand in character as excuses and justifications prevent us from being.
Sometimes the craziest laugh in the world is the only one that will save your sanity.
How easy it is to slip.How hard it is to climb.How wise it is to keep in stepAnd never fall behind.
When you understand that faith is God’s muscle at your disposal, moving mountains doesn’t seem so extraordinary.
Love in its essence is unconditional. When conditions, exceptions, and ultimatums are cast into the mix, its purity changes. It is no longer love and should be referred to by a less-desirable name.
If all of our sins, bad habits, and poor choices were permanently inked into our skin like tattoos, we would all dress quite modestly.
One day a week I seek to rest from earthly toil and sorrow.Revitalized, I find the strength to battle new tomorrows.
A Halloween flower, if ever there was one, would smell like an onion, have thorns like a rose.With charcoal black petalsand vines that entangle, t'would grow under moonlightin mud, I suppose.
A smile is a light that sets your inner self aglow, letting others know you’re home.
I do listen. I just wait for the words to stop and your eyes to speak.
The coldest day in fallis at the Hallows Evening ballwhere ghoulish funavoids the sunas monsters mingle wall to wall.
A pumpkin lives but once a year when someone sets its soul afire and on that night it stirs up fear until its flame is snuffed.But e'en one night of eerie light is fright enough.
Anyone who takes the time to listen is either an old soul or a romantic one.
You breathe.You feel.You seeand hearand smelland tasteand thinkand moveand laughand weepand healand danceand singand love.Thank your mother.
Treats and tricks.Witch broomsticks.Jack-o-lanternsLick their lips.Crows and cats.Vampire bats.Capes and fangsAnd pointed hats.Werewolves howl.Phantoms prowl.Halloween’s Upon us now.
The spirit of Christmas exists in harmonious carols like those sung by angels on the day of Christ’s birth.
Too often we let others stamp a price tag on us, and we accept their appraisal of our worth, forgetting we are in fact priceless.
You can do things. Do you know this?Do you believe it?You should.It’s true.You can do great things.
To believe in yourself is to light a spark with the potential to start a fire.
When I ask you to be my valentine, I’m not asking you to love me. I’m simply asking you to accept tokens of my love for you.
Meanness is a monster that usurps your self-control because you cowardly allow it to conquer you.
I cast my eyes out to the seaAnd gaze at all eternity.until forever turns to night.My eyes then lift to catch starlight.
Remembering our loved ones is breathing life into their fading images, that we might once more see their faces and pass along a tearful “I miss you.
If life is a stage and you are your own agent, then don’t hesitate to play the character you wish to play.
Learn to brush off criticism as easily as you brush aside hollow compliments.
