1,627 Quotes by Richelle E. Goodrich

When you open your mouth, listeners are offended.  When you close your mouth, the expectant are offended.  If a person seeks misdoing from you they will find it regardless of whether or not you deliver. 

Happiness depends upon two things—pleasing God, and then pleasing yourself.

My generosity must bear a cost or there’d be no value in what you gain from it. There’d be no second thought for me, the tiny, humble mankin who came to save you. Is it right for a desperate soul to expect redemption for nothing? No. No, no. So, tell me, child, what will you give me in exchange for my services?"- from "Dimpellumpzki

You were born and with you endless possibilities, very few ever to be realized.  It's okay.  Life was never about what you could do, but what you would do. 

I have always felt that fear possesses such great power, enough to paralyze and quake an individual. Pondering this, I realized that the source of fear's power comes from within me. So, I ask myself, does that not make me the powerful one?

One of the most effective things you will ever do in life, whether you care to or not, is set an example.

Be nice. Be good. Be happy. If people everywhere were to keep to this simple creed, there'd be few problems left in the world to fret about.

Anyone who takes the time to be kind is beautiful."from: "The Beauty of Ugh"

A lonely face aglow on high.You mean the moon.A flower, red, has caught his eye.A rose in bloom.He cannot touch her, though he try.In darkness glints the tears he cries.I see mere stars; you boldly lie.Nay, poetry to draw your sigh. I am immune.