14 Liz Murray Quotes for You to Enjoy

Liz Murray

American Businesswoman

Born: Sep 23, 1980

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Like my mother, I was always saying, 'I'll fix my life one day.' It became clear when I saw her die without fulfilling her dreams that my time was now or maybe never. Liz Murray

I had a calling inside of me. I had a sense that when I was going through experiences like living on the streets, losing my parents to AIDS, just having my whole world turned upside-down, there was this feeling inside of me like I was meant for something greater. Liz Murray

Me World Losing Parents Feeling Sense Living AIDS Inside Something Having Through Had Like Calling Greater Going Just Experiences Turned Meant Whole Streets

I've learned in my life that you really don't know what's possible until you're already doing it. Liz Murray

Life You My Life Possible Know Until Learned Doing Really

When you take charge of your own narrative, it gives you a handle on it. Liz Murray

You Own Charge Gives Take Narrative Handle Your

As well as being blind, Ma turned out to have the same mental illness that her mother had had. Between 1986 and 1990, she suffered six schizophrenic bouts, each requiring her to be institutionalised for up to three months. Liz Murray

People are surprised by the poverty and think that I wasn't cared for. But that wasn't the case - I was deeply loved. Liz Murray

People Poverty Think Case Surprised Loved Deeply Cared

When I grew up in the Bronx, we always had everyone telling us, 'Watch out for the system, watch out for child welfare, watch out, they'll get you,' and I grew up with this feeling of, 'Society is over there and they're dangerous and not safe.' Liz Murray

Shortly after I turned 13, Child Welfare took me into care. I was sent to a residential centre where girls with behavioural problems were 'evaluated'. My time there comes back to me now only in flashes of smells, images and sounds. Liz Murray

Time Me Welfare Problems Care Girl Took Back Only My Time Smells Sounds Were Child Behavioural Where Flashes After Centre Sent Turned Now Residential Images

I thought, 'Let's make it a check list. What if I got my education even though I lost my mother, even though my dad is in a shelter?' and looking at these things as hurdles to go over. I could inspire myself. Liz Murray

If I could have a family and a home one night, and all of it's gone the next, that must mean that life has the capacity to change. And then I thought, 'Whoa! That means that just as change happens to me, I can cause change in my life.' Liz Murray

I guess more than anything, I just realized, okay, one day I had a home to live in and my family around me. The next day, I did not. Liz Murray

Day Home Family Me Live Guess Okay One Day More More Than Anything Had Around Than Did Just Anything Realized Next

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