Richard Paul Evans Quotes

I have come to believe that we do not walk alone in this life. There are others, fellow sojourners, whose journeys are interwoven with ours in seemingly random patterns, yet, in the end, have been carefully placed to reveal a remarkable tapestry. I believe God is the weaver at that loom.

such fickle days of love when pain and ecstasy share the same hour

The most difficult of decisions are often not the ones in which we cannot determine the correct course; rather the ones in which we are certain of the path but fear the journey.

The most important story we'll ever write in life is our own-not with ink, but with our daily choices.

Forgiveness does not require us to close our eyes but rather to truly open them.

Sunsets, like childhood, are viewed with wonder not just because they are beautiful but because they are fleeting.

Forgiveness is the key to the heart's shackles.

So often the pain of our life is no more than a reminder to take our hand off the stove.

There are none so impoverished as those who do not acknowledge the abundance of their lives

What a culture we live in, we are swimming in an ocean of information, and drowning in ignorance.

To choose the path is to choose the destination, but sometimes it seems that the path is under our feet even before we know we're walking.

I have learned a great truth of life. We do not succeed in spite of our challenges and difficulties, but rather, precisely because of them.

Heroes rarely look the way we draw them in our minds: attractive, imposing figures with rippling muscles and strong chins. More times than not they are humble beings, small and flawed. It is only their spirits that are beautiful and strong.

The assumption of time is one of humanity's greatest follies. We tell ourselves that there's always tomorrow, when we can no more predict tomorrow than we can the weather. Procrastination is the thief of dreams.

Everyone who got to where they are had to begin where they were.

Regret is the most tiresome of companions.

I think the secret to a hoppy life is a selective memory. Remember what you are most grateful for and quickly forget what your not.

It is better to be loved by one person who knows your soul than millions who don't even know your phone number.

Some people in this world have stopped looking for beauty, then wonder why their lives are so ugly. Don't be like them. The ability to appreciate beauty is of God. Especially in one another. Look for beauty in everyone you meet, and you'll find it. Everyone carries divinity within them. And everyone we meet has something to impart.

Everyone has problems. It's how you choose to deal with them. Some people choose to be whiners some choose to be winners. Some choose to be victims some choose to be victors.

There are moments, it would seem, that were created in cosmic theater where we are given strange and fantastic tests. In these times, we do not show who we are to God, for surely He must already know, but rather to ourselves.

We spend our life building higher fences and stronger locks, when the gravest dangers are already inside

Some so fear the future that they suffocate the present. It's like committing suicide to avoid being murdered.

Without great mountains we cannot reach great heights.

We are chained to that which we do not forgive