Quotes from Richard Paul Evans

Harboring an emotion as powerful as gratitude has power of its own.

Rarely do we invest the time to open the book of another's life. When we do, we are usually surprised to find its cover so misleading and its reviews so flawed.

The thing is, the only real sign of life is growth. And growth requires pain. So to choose life is to accept pain.

sometimes it's the fight that makes a thing worth having

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.

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.

It is often during the worst of times that we see the best of humanity—awakening within the most ordinary of us that which is most sublime. I do not believe that it is circumstance that produces such greatness any more than it is the canvas that makes the artist. Adversity merely presents the surface on which we render our souls' most exacting likeness. It is in the darkest skies that stars are best seen.

A man's worth isn't measured by a bank register or diploma... It's about integrity

We all arrive on Earth with a round-trip ticket.

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

I love when I can reboot people when they are being mean to others...

The truest grace is not to forgive, but to have never found fault.