I don't get that, I mean, what's power? Let's say he suddenly becomes king of the world. What is he going to do with it that he can't do now? Is his food going to taste better? Is the weather going to be nicer? Will love feel better? I just don't understand that mentality.

— Richard Paul Evans

I don't think it is as much a human foible as it is a human curse that we cannot understand the beauty of a thing until it is gone.

— Richard Paul Evans

I don't want to go to Peru." How do you know? You've never been there." I've never been to hell either, and I'm pretty sure I don't want to go there.

— Richard Paul Evans

I have found that the most significant experiences of our lives rarely come when we're expecting them and oftentimes when we're not even paying attention.

— Richard Paul Evans

I have learned that real angels don't have gossamer white robes and Cherubic skin, they have calloused hands and smell of the days' sweat.

— Richard Paul Evans

I have wondered why it is that our greatest triumphs spring from our greatest extremity and adversity. Perhaps it is because we are so resistant to change, we only move when our seat becomes too hot to occupy.

— Richard Paul Evans

I hope you can someday forgive me.'' I forgive you now.

— Richard Paul Evans

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

— Richard Paul Evans

In college, I took a social psychology course, something I thought useful for a career in advertising. Psychologists tested the story of the Good Samaritan. What they learned gives us reason to pause. The greatest determinant of who stopped to help the stranger in need was not compassion, morality, or religious creed. It was those who had the time. Makes me wonder if I have time to do good. Apparently, Angel does.

— Richard Paul Evans

In the end, we all lose it. Remember that. In the end, we own nothing.

— Richard Paul Evans