Richelle E. Goodrich Quotes
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.
Write the ending first and then you'll know before the opening sentence that it's going to be a good book.
To most, being locked away in solitary with nothing but pen and paper would prove a hard punishment. What a strange creature who views this as heaven.
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.
Evil might not prevail in the end, but it certainly doesn't fail to devastate in its time.
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.
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!
Sipping teawith gleebeneath a gooseberry tree.I wish Alice were here.Oh, my dear, do not fear, she will be.
Determined, I riseand face the dawn with resolve.This time I will win.
The sweetest melody that playson starry nights and wintry days, most soothing to my listening earsand calming to beleaguering fears, I call a symphony on air―the song of sweet, still silence rare.
You can teach a person all you know, but only experience will convince him that what you say is true.
You cannot appreciate what you have never experienced. Sadly, full appreciation tends to come only after the experience is past.
Helpful is happy.Selfish is sad.(It's not uncommon to confuse the two.)
If you never bother to say the words, why should anyone believe you ever felt them?
I stumble and fall.I weep and struggle to rise.My mom feels it all.
A great many problems could be solved by nothing more than a change in thinking.
Hatred is prevalent on this earth because it requires no real effort, unlike the investment it takes to genuinely understand a person.
No matter how many lies you use to disguise it or how many excuses you bury it beneath, the truth will never cease to be true.
Life can be awful. Life can be ugly.And still there are those who smile at the darkness, anticipating the beauty of an eventual sunrise.
A great father is one whose children look up to him rather than away from him.
I finally figured out the big, elusive secret to weight loss. Don't eat! Who knew?
Happiness is feeling confident that the god of this universe is pleased with the things you say and do.
You are the one star I wish upon nightly, praying your glory will fall from the heavens and land in my undeserving arms.
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.
Prove that you love me through a lingering gaze and never losing that twinkle of adoration in your eyes.
It is neither trials nor relationships nor successes nor failures that define a man, but the choices he makes while handling them.
A liar deceives himself more than anyone, for he believes he can remain a person of good character when he cannot.
Life is a character-building opportunity that we all volunteered for.
What's in a name? The accumulation of reputations from all who've owned it before you.
It turns out the simplest choices have been far more important in the long run than I ever imagined.
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.
Temptations don't appear nearly as harmful as the roads they lead you down.
When thunderstorms roll in, you make a choice to either succumb with tears to the gloomy downpour, or smile and look for rainbows.
The direction you choose to face determines whether you're standing at the end or the beginning of a road.
Mr. Cat and Mr. Dog were neighbors who fought like, well, cats and dogs. That is until Mr. Rat moved in. It's fascinating how easily two enemies ally at the introduction of a third.
It is human nature to try hardest to accomplish the very thing we are told is impossible. Why? Because innately we know that nothing's impossible.
The only thing you can justifiably claim that life owes you is an equal measure of what you have given out. And even that is debatable.
Do you feel that? It is a calm shift in the wind. Do you hear that? It is a soft whisper of hope. Do you see that? It is the divine hand of guidance, mercifully extended to aid our good fight.
You pierce me with a look, a word, a gesture. And yet those same weapons could shield me from hurt if you so choose.
Have you ever noticed how the most intriguing individual in the room seems content to listen sooner than speak?
If you think the most courageous and difficult thing you can do is stubbornly stand your ground, try graciously giving in.
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.
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.
Let them hear your voice so rarely that a simply-uttered word creates a hush of expectancy in the room.
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?
