
Top 100 Richelle E. Goodrich Quotes
#1. It's easiest to give advice on trials you've stumbled through. It's harder to talk about those that have knocked you flat.
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#2. It's simply this:
the Irish kiss,
a snog o' bliss,
be blessed luck
from any miss.
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#3. Mystery, why so attractive to me?
You blind me with fear, place hope on my tongue, and with a cold kiss draw me forward. Wary and trembling, I follow.
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#4. Don't ever give up.
Don't ever give in.
Don't ever stop trying.
Don't ever sell out.
And if you find yourself succumbing to one of the above for a brief moment,
pick yourself up, brush yourself off, whisper a prayer, and start where you left off.
But never, ever, ever give up.
Richelle E. Goodrich
#5. As ofttimes as it rains on my little spot of earth, you'd think I'd grow accustomed to the gloom.
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#6. It's amusing to me that we refer to people who live in their heads as detached, disturbed, or mad, when reality for anyone is actually a matter of the individual's state of mind. The mad truth - all people live in their heads. Whatever you think life is, it is.
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#7. I am not what you see.
I am what time and effort and interaction slowly unveil.
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#9. You and I were never meant to be together, but we are. Our pairing is not unlike two electrons ignoring natural laws in order to orbit one another. Life now defies reason - quirky but beautiful.
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#10. Easter is the miracle of transformation as seen in the change of seasons, in the maturation of mortal persons, and in the resurrection of souls.
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#11. Take time to laugh, to talk, to hug, and to cry. These are the human relief valves.
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#14. Sorrow on another's face often looks like coldness, bitterness, resentment, unfriendliness, apathy, disdain, or disinterest when it is in truth purely sadness.
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#15. Life is mental; it's all about attitude. The majority of it is lived in your head.
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#16. 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.
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#18. 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.
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#19. The real achievers are those who, in the dreary pit of sacrifice, still smile up at the goal.
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#21. To the romantic soul, the rituals of Valentine's Day echo every day of the year.
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#24. I've figured out why they call it a trial. Because you try all you can to pull through it.
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#25. When kindhearted people smile, demons shrink and turn away as if tormented by the gesture. But when those beautiful smiles are made to fade, every awful creature in the world stands surer. So do yourself and mankind a favor and smile BIG whether you feel like it or not.
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#26. My goals may seem impossibly far-fetched when really they're not.
Break them down into steps and see how I accomplish great things.
I can easily reach from A to B.
I can manage from B to C.
I can then make it from C to D.
And so eventually, I will find my way from A to Z.
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#28. To fight discouragement, remind yourself of the basics:
I can write.
I have the opportunity to do so.
I love what I write.
Now smile and be thankful.
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#29. I read so I might live a thousand lives in a lifetime. I write to control the particulars in those lives.
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#30. Making a wish is fun to do.
Dreaming it out is much fun too.
Work, and your wish just might come true.
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#31. Chameleonesque, hobbitish, unicorned, stompled, selfishism, and unwakeable may not be real words, but you do know what they mean.
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#32. Have the wisdom to perceive all there is to be thankful for, and then be thankful for the wisdom to perceive things so clearly.
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#33. A real treasure becomes such only after it's been desperately sought after.
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#34. 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.
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#36. Hope is the fuel within all human souls.
Eliminate hope - nothing moves, nothing grows.
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#37. Giving advice is like seeing an elephant in someone's path and suggesting they remove it. Heeding advice requires forcing the elephant to budge. Huge difference.
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#38. Prayer: The act of falling to your knees in pleading fashion, seeking help from a greater power than all else to have failed you previously.
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#39. It's one thing to give out excellent advice, but quite another to personally swallow it.
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#41. The road to happiness starts with a deep breath and an awareness of the many blessings tied to that single breath.
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#43. Love is donating a chunk of your life to patch up holes in the life of another.
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#44. Yes, of course we could all use some help. There isn't a person alive without a need. So don't ask the silly question, just figure out how you're going to help and do it!
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#45. I see the good in the world because I choose to. I don't imagine that it's there; it's there waiting to be noticed.
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#47. 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.
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#49. No one is without troubles, without personal hardships and genuine challenges. That fact may not be obvious because most people don't advertise their woes and heartaches. But nobody, not even the purest heart, escapes life without suffering battle scars.
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#51. You will find there are times you must grasp your life with both hands and forcefully steer it in a new direction and then strain to hold your course until the storms of fear, weakness, and doubt abate.
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#52. It's not wrong to feel sorry for yourself. Just like it's not wrong to stand in a puddle of water while the rain pours down on your head. But neither is productive, unless you enjoy feeling cold and miserable and soggy while mascara runs down your face.
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#53. As I quietly stare off into space, eyes glazed over and brow thoughtfully taut, know that I am going about my business. I am a storyteller. Daydreaming is the best part of my job.
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#55. They say to never look back.
But sometimes I do.
It's gratifying to see how far I've come.
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#56. If you truly wish to change what is without, you must first change what festers within.
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#57. Death was a quiet evil, unavoidable like the dark night and defenseless sleep and tearful sorrows. It had hunted her down and slithered close, wanting only to smother every last flicker of life."
- from "My Aquarius
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#58. Be warned: A person content to sit with you and criticize others will speak critically of you out of earshot.
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#60. The power behind living a dream lies in either believing it's a dream or knowing it's not.
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#61. Dare to imagine. Dare to be.
Books are the seeds. Dreams are the soil.
The fruit of the harvest, a world reborn.
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#62. My brain tends to take the scenic route. Things come to the forefront of my mind sooner or later, it just takes time.
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#63. Happily-ever-afters don't come in happily-every-days. They are found at the end of challenges-ever-met, promises-ever-kept, and tears-ever-wept.
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#64. 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.
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#67. It has never been my goal to impress anyone but myself. That has proven challenging enough.
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#68. No one stands at the beginning of a race and then finds himself at the end having never taken a step forward. And if that were to happen - the sweat and struggle avoided - what stories would he have to tell? The goal includes the journey; it's all part of the dream.
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#69. I believe people are more inclined to do their best, not when they feel loved, but when they feel loved regardless.
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#70. One thing about a skunk - once you recognize the markings, you know things are gonna stink.
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#72. Past and Present I know well; each is a friend and sometimes an enemy to me. But it is the quiet, beckoning Future, an absolute stranger, with whom I have fallen madly in love.
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#73. My love for you reaches beyond the borders of continents,
so vast in scope that I would cross oceans to be with you.
Yes, but does that same love penetrate so deep
as to dare thee to sink to the oceans' depths to find me?"
-from "My Aquarius
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#75. Truly there are different kinds of pain. But the most agonizing is the pain of regret, for which there is no lasting relief and no remedy.
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#77. People are drawn to you because you make them feel happy; I understand that. But wouldn't it be nice to have people flock to you wishing for your happiness?
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#78. Live today facing forward - with your back on yesterday, your eyes on tomorrow, and your head and heart in the moment.
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#79. Twitter is a serious writing distraction.
As are grapefruits.
The two have nothing else in common.
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#81. Why certainly, words possess power. They do! But releasing their magic requires combining and arranging those words in the right order.
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#82. When thunderstorms roll in, you make a choice to either succumb with tears to the gloomy downpour, or smile and look for rainbows.
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#84. Sometimes the craziest laugh in the world is the only one that will save your sanity.
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#85. A daily dose of daydreaming heals the heart, soothes the soul, and strengthens the imagination.
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#86. Maybe Christmas is more than a day to receive.
Maybe Christmas, perhaps, is a day to believe.
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#87. World peace, true love, and happily-ever-afters amount to wasted wishes, failed endeavors, and most precious dreams.
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#88. Goals are my north star. My compass. The map that guides me along the road I wish to travel. Goals are motivations with wind in their sails - they carry me forward despite the storms.
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#89. 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.
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#90. Why must you know the details of my troubles to have compassion? Is it not enough to show compassion simply because you know that everyone has troubles?
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#91. No one can convince a man of his erring ways as persuasively as experience.
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#92. Happiness has two hands: one with strength for lifting up heavy hearts and a gentle hand for tickling.
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#93. You can't argue with insanity. You can stare at it, gaping and incredulous, but arguing with it is futile.
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#95. So what if you're right? So what if you're wrong?
In the end you might be surprised to find that God doesn't care so much about whether you were right or wrong but whether, despite it all, you were kind or cruel.
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#96. The most powerful and courageous heroes I know are those who bite their tongues when justification, validation, temptation, or vengeance would have them strike with truthful, hurtful words.
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#97. Magic Words"
"Silly words cause trills
because they're ludicrous and funny.
Happy words paint endless smiles
and swallow troubles whole.
Thoughtful words are thus
because they make the day feel sunny.
But hurtful words are such
that pierce the heart and weigh the soul.
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#98. Beauty isn't visible; I don't know why people think it is. Perhaps because at times there are physical manifestations suggesting beauty exists in a person, but don't be fooled. Beauty isn't the packaging, it's the treasure wrapped up inside.
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#99. One way or another, I think we are all destined to learn the same lessons in life. Universal truths are universal truths. They cannot be changed.
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#100. Time is an imp - a pesky, little, hellish troll that hastens the clock when I smile but then delays the passing of minutes when I frown.
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