richelle-goodrich

A first impression works like a magic mirror; it reflects what intrigues us rather than echoing a truthful picture. A first impression is the creating of an imagined character born from personal desires, perceptions, and biases. Though sparked by an introduction to a real, living, breathing individual, the person remains a mystery long after parting. It is a fictitious ghost masked with similar features that remains. A first impression is rarely accurate; therefore, it should never be trusted.

Eyes, so easily deceived, might judge more rightly with lids closed, allowing ears and heart to remain wide open."from "The Beauty of Ugh

There are no real start-overs, only start-from-heres.

The sign of a good leader is easy to recognize, though it is hardly ever seen. For the greatest leaders are those who share as equals in the trials and struggles, the demands and expectations, the hills and trenches, the laws and punishments placed upon the backs of those governed. A great leader is motivated not by power but by compassion. Therefore he can do nothing but make himself a servant to those whom he rules. Such a leader is unequivocally respected, and loved for loving.

Glittering tinsel,lights, glass balls, and candy canesdangle from pine trees.

Love is an afternoon of fishing when I'd sooner be at the ballet. Love is eating burnt toast and lumpy graving with a big s

The bulk of life is discovering who you are__nd then reconciling that with who you wish you were.

Be loved for who you are, for everything that constitutes you. Be loved for your core beliefs, your strengths and weaknesses, your admirable traits and troublesome baggage. Be loved for you, because anything less is not love at all.

Beauty isn__ visible; I don__ know why people think it is. Perhaps because at times there are physical manifestations suggesting beauty exists in a person, but don__ be fooled. Beauty isn__ the packaging, it__ the treasure wrapped up inside.

What a mother wants is to hold her babies when they__e small and to be held by them once they__e grown tall. It__ empty arms a mother dreads.

Sail through the good days, and on bad days pick a spot of blue sky to steer toward.

But you will die, Amor

I__e had the kind of bad day no quote can fix.

I think I'd rather be liked than loved. It just seems as if more criticism and chastening is shown to those we love, while kind manners and compassion are reserved for those we simply like. So, I hope you like me.

In the middle of a grocery store, two children were horsing around (one holding the other in a headlock) when the mother turned abruptly to give them a stern repr

Every now and then I sit and watch the sun rise to remind myself how it's done__eacefully, steadily, warmly, and in beautiful color.

Fathers are_ The teeth on a saw,The head of a nail,The blades on a mower.Fathers are_The grit in a tumbler,The cement in the pit,The coin for the machine.Fathers are_The air in the tires,The spring in the suspension,The key to the ignition.Fathers are... the confidence in a dare,The energy of a command,The boots for the trail.Tis true you might make things work without them, but not at all like they were meant to.

What would it be like to live as a butterfly, being admired by the world for your color and beauty and grace? What would it be like to live as a spider, having people shriek and jump and throw a shoe at the very notice of you?I have tasted both__ooks of desire and repulsion.How sad it is that we judge a life by such a trivial thing as appearance.