Michelle Muriel > Quotes

“The only way your dream will never come true is if you choose not to listen to it.”
― Michelle Muriel, Essie's Roses

“You cannot change a man . . . you can only change yourself.”
― Michelle Muriel, Essie's Roses

“You are stronger than you think. I have weathered many storms, tragedies, and heartaches in my life–and here I am still standing. Here you are still standing. Joy is right around the corner you just have to change your focus and look for it. And that can be rough. Rough roads can be unbearable, but you can walk them. Sometimes when you come to the end of yourself–give yourself a chance to dig in deeper. Look for the good, and you’ll find strength you never knew you had.”
― Michelle Muriel

“Westland, where its willows hold secrets, until the night air sweeps through their leaves, scattering them in the wind and into our ears.”
― Michelle Muriel, Westland

“We cry the same tears. We feel the same pain, of hurt, of hunger, of thirst. When we bleed, our blood is one color. The color of the price of freedom.”
― Michelle Muriel, Essie's Roses

“My dear, we do not move on from grief; we move through it.”
― Michelle Muriel, Water Lily Dance

“When you tell your dreams you gotta tell people you trust, 'cause sometimes they’ll snatch your dream right away from you.”
― Michelle Muriel, Essie's Roses

“A broken girl makes a broken woman.
We don’t have to stay broken.
We smiled together, knowing this was our answer.”
― Michelle Muriel, Westland

“Some scars are nothing, Delly.
Never to a woman.”
― Michelle Muriel, Westland

“. . . forgiveness is a process, not a breath.”
― Michelle Muriel, Westland

“Essie Mae, close your eyes. Listen. Breathe. The quiet is where dreams are born.”
― Michelle Muriel, Essie's Roses

“Truth is a priceless treasure, but worthless if buried. Value simplicity. Pause to smell a rose, preferably planted by your hand, for it will smell sweeter. Toil builds character; heartache tests our fortitude. The key to happiness is forgiveness, forgiving ourselves most of all.”
― Michelle Muriel, Westland

“Chance is not a word to toss in the air. It’s a word to take in, a word to give yourself.”
― Michelle Muriel, Water Lily Dance

“Sometimes, it’s not the family we’re born into, it’s the family that finds us, the ones who save and care for us.”
― Michelle Muriel, Westland

“... attaining power is not the dream; it is not what makes or keeps us free in our hearts and minds. We must live free without it. And if God so grants a position of power to fall upon us, we must carry it in humility, utilize it in awe, and wield it carefully guided by the One who appoints it. We are but the vessel; a vase cannot make itself.”
― Michelle Muriel, Westland

“The only good that comes from secrets is when we go on and tell them.”
― Michelle Muriel, Westland

“Loss is part of our story, it isn’t the story.”
― Michelle Muriel, Water Lily Dance

“Truth is a priceless treasure, but worthless if buried.”
― Michelle Muriel, Westland

“Sometimes we need to attempt things that don’t make sense to anyone but ourselves.”
― Michelle Muriel, Westland

“The key to happiness is forgiveness, forgiving ourselves most of all.”
― Michelle Muriel, Westland

“First sound we make coming into this sinful world be crying,' Delly said. 'We gotta learn to sing.”
― Michelle Muriel, Westland

“Past suffering is a chain that keeps one bound. I know; I long to free myself from it.”
― Michelle Muriel, Westland