“But I know I didn't love school for school's sake. I had never really been what people call an 'academic' person, nor… — Liz Murray Copy Share Image
I thought, 'Let's make it a check list. What if I got my education even though I lost my mother, even though… — Liz Murray Copy Share Image
I was 17 and living on the streets. I had the education of technically an eighth-grader, but in reality, I had never… — Liz Murray Copy Share Image
“Life has a way of doing that; one minute everything makes sense, the next, things change. People get sick. Families break apart, your friends… — Liz Murray Copy Share Image
“Things turning around for me had been the result of my focusing on the few areas in life I could change, and surrendering to… — Liz Murray Copy Share Image
There was just so much attention that got focused on my story, and what that created was an opportunity for me to share what… — Liz Murray Copy Share Image
“Wherever you go, you'll make the best of things. Look at your life, you already have... That's why I know you'll be all right...… — Liz Murray Copy Share Image
“I think his paintings are cathartic for him,” she said. “After you experience trauma that deep, you need to do something to heal. Something… — Liz Murray Copy Share Image
“Since as far back as I could remember, I'd felt that Lisa's responses toward me usually bordered on the brink of hostility. Years later,… — Liz Murray Copy Share Image
“It's not that we didn't love one another- we did. I just think we didn't know how to be with one another anymore. No… — Liz Murray Copy Share Image
“Making these choices [to attend school instead of skipping], as it turned out, wasn't about willpower. I always admired people who “willed” themselves to… — Liz Murray Copy Share Image
I've learned in my life that you really don't know what's possible until you're already doing it, — Liz Murray Copy Share Image
Shortly after I turned 13, Child Welfare took me into care. I was sent to a residential centre where girls with behavioural problems were… — Liz Murray Copy Share Image
I realized eventually that when I ran out of places to stay and found myself on the D train and in Central Park, I… — Liz Murray Copy Share Image
![“Making these choices [to attend school instead of skipping], as it turned out, wasn't about willpower. I always admired people who “willed” themselves to do something, because I have never felt I was one of them. If sheer will were enough by itself, it would have been enough a long time ago, back…” quote by Liz Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d41/liz-murray-11321_daily-choices_making-these-choices-to-attend-school-in_465284.jpg)
