Richelle E. Goodrich Quotes
Meanness is a monster that usurps your self-control because you cowardly allow it to conquer you.
Heroes don’t have the need to be known as heroes, they just do what heroes do because it is right and it must be done.
A hero is a person who, without a second thought, simply does the right thing because his conscience cannot live with any other choice.
The best fathers have the softest, sweetest hearts. In other words, great dads are real marshmallows.
If you mess with dragons, you will get burned. Don’t say no one warned you.
To look in the mirror and smile is a challenge for many people. Those who do so without the slightest scowl are indeed fortunate.
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.
Laughter can deflate almost any problem down to its proper size.
The day you were bornHeaven wept at its great loss, Earth joyed at its gain.
To actively improve the worldand change your life as well, speak all the good you know, and all the bad refuse to tell.
No one believes he is an idiot until the consequences of his actions prove it. Then hindsight rubs it in.
Anyone who takes the time to attentively listen is either an old soul or a romantic one.
Birthdays were made for going wild over the people we think are amazing.
All human beings wield influence—a powerful sword granted at birth. Wield your sword with care.
Go put on your mask.Say 'trick-or-treat' in costume.It’s All Hallows Eve.
When dragons attack, the only thing you should seek to stand behind is your own sword.
Consider guilt like a street sign that warns of rough roads ahead if you don’t make a u-turn.
This feeling of guilt is your conscience calling your attention to the higher road, and your heart wishing you had taken it.
A pang of guilt, like a blaring siren, should never be ignored.
Vultures pick the meat clean off a bone. Guilt eats at the marrow, leaving a man hollow.
The hero isn’t the one who is right, but the one who steps forward to take the blame—deserved or not—and apologize to save a relationship.
For every one person who praises you, there are a hundred who would criticize. Heed neither the one nor the hundred. It is your own opinion that truly matters.
Maybe Christmas is more than a day to receive. Maybe Christmas, perhaps, is a day to believe.
Every birthday celebrates a life because every life is important.
What are you most thankful for?” she asked.My reply came easily. “Being too blessed to have any hope of answering that question.
Annoyances are strangely not so annoying when the person responsible has endeared himself to you.
Never judge another knight without first knowing the strength and cunning of the dragons he fights.
It isn’t always true that a critical end justifies desperate means.
Smile wide to receive many smiles in return. But if you want a good laugh, smirk like a wicked, little imp and watch the range of expressions you're flashed.
Why hasn't someone lassoed a few teenagers and had them sit down and write out all the supposed answers they have so we can solve the world's problems already?
Face it―nobody cares.But so what? Their apathy doesn't diminish your worth. Learn from it. Make it your job to care for those around you so that they don't feel like nobody cares.
Vengeance is a monster of appetite, forever bloodthirsty and never filled.
Punishing a person for the wrongs of another makes about as much sense as throwing up to enjoy the meal a second time.
What's the point of changing who you are in order to impress a woman, when your intention is to return to who you were, a person she was never attracted to in the first place?
Be warned: A person content to sit with you and criticize others will speak critically of you out of earshot.
While you judge me by my outward appearance I am silently doing the same to you, even though there's a ninety-percent chance that in both cases our assumptions are wrong.
Vengeance would have us assault an enemy's pride to beat him down. But vengeance hides a dangerous truth, for a humbled foe gains patience, courage, strength, and greater determination.
Happiness is a simple game of lost and found: Lose the things you take for granted, and you will feel great happiness once they are found.
I'm generally quite happy until someone tells me I'm not. I don't see how they know I'm not, but suddenly I feel less happy.
Isn’t it strange how a lamb can feel like a lion when comparing itself to a mouse, whereas a lion feels like a lamb when measuring itself against dragons?
Let them hear your voice so rarely that a simply-uttered word creates a hush of expectancy in the room.
Have you ever noticed how the most intriguing individual in the room seems content to listen sooner than speak?
