Morgan Harper Nichols > Quotes

“When you start to feel like things should have been better this year, remember the mountains and valleys that got you here. They are not accidents, and those moments weren't in vain. You are not the same. You have grown and you are growing. You are breathing, you are living, you are wrapped in endless, boundless grace. And things will get better. There is more to you than yesterday.”
― Morgan Harper Nichols

“Let July be July. Let August be August. And let yourself just be even in the uncertainty. You don’t have to fix everything. You don’t have to solve everything. And you can still find peace and grow in the wild of changing things”
― Morgan Harper Nichols

“and perhaps
what made her beautiful
was not her appearance
or what she achieved,
but in her love
and in her courage,
and her audacity
to believe:
no matter
the darkness
around her,
Light ran wild
within her,
and that was the way
she came alive,
and it showed up
in everything.”
― Morgan Harper Nichols

“May you always be the one
who notices the little things
that make the light pour
through, and may they always
remind you: There is more to
life and there is more to you.”
― Morgan Harper Nichols

“Living in the moment is learning how to live between the big moments. It is learning how to make the most of the in-betweens and having the audacity to make those moments just as exciting.”
― Morgan Harper Nichols, All Along You Were Blooming: Thoughts for Boundless Living

“Even though you have learned the skill of running on empty, now is the time to learn the art of breathing deep all over again,”
― Morgan Harper Nichols, All Along You Were Blooming: Thoughts for Boundless Living

“So take photographs of everything:
ordinary things,
simple things,
between the door
and by the window things.
Light-ridden and shadow-heavy things.
Forever things.
Fleeting things.
Take photographs of everything.”
― Morgan Harper Nichols, All Along You Were Blooming: Thoughts for Boundless Living

“Maybe
this heart
of yours
that longs for
something more
is being prepared
for something
so much
greater than you.”
― Morgan Harper Nichols

“She no longer had the desire to bend herself into the frame of photographs where she was unwelcome”
― Morgan Harper Nichols, All Along You Were Blooming: Thoughts for Boundless Living

“Let today be the day you are kind to yourself and focus on believing what is beautiful and true. And this does not mean you ignore your imperfections. It means, in spite of them, you believe there is beauty to you.”
― Morgan Harper Nichols, All Along You Were Blooming: Thoughts for Boundless Living

“While we are trying to make sense of things,
may we learn to make peace with things.”
― Morgan Harper Nichols, All Along You Were Blooming: Thoughts for Boundless Living

“Even when there are a thousand things to do, cherish these unrushed moments. Make room in your heart for them. There will be many mountains to climb, but always make time to find the pastures where you can rest.”
― Morgan Harper Nichols, All Along You Were Blooming: Thoughts for Boundless Living

“And in those moments where the sun is setting and the house is quiet and you are weary from the day, may you know that there is grace for you in that space, and no amount of heaviness or loneliness can take that away. And because of that grace, you are free to slow down. You are free to breathe and rest, no matter the things not sorted out. There might be some mystery here and there might be longing, wondering, and waiting. But there will also be boundless peace that goes beyond any understanding, running wild like a river through everything, no matter how heavy these moments feel. So rest easy, when everything is approaching. Tomorrow is surely coming, but in the hours in between, you are free to rest till then.”
― Morgan Harper Nichols

“The sun is still shining,
the wind is still blowing,
and out in the wild
you are growing.
Days may go by
without change
you can feel,
but what's happening here
is most certainly real:
You are becoming
what you were meant
to become
out in the wild
in the arms of the sun.”
― Morgan Harper Nichols, Storyteller: 100 Poem Letters

“Never let anyone who cannot bear your pain make you feel you are unbearable. Not everyone is capable of walking with you, but that does not mean you are not worthy of belonging.”
― Morgan Harper Nichols, All Along You Were Blooming: Thoughts for Boundless Living

“Take heart, gentle soul, you may not be like the rest of them, but you are still whole.”
― Morgan Harper Nichols

“You may not have chosen your surroundings, but you can choose to find life in them.”
― Morgan Harper Nichols, All Along You Were Blooming: Thoughts for Boundless Living

“But no matter who stays
or who walked away,
remember all the things
they taught you.”
― Morgan Harper Nichols, All Along You Were Blooming: Thoughts for Boundless Living

“Not everyone will notice the way you shine, but you will shine all the same in beautiful, natural ways.”
― Morgan Harper Nichols

“And now
after everything:
I know this:
There is a reason
I am here.
And that reason
is bigger than me.
So I will carry on
with great faith
beyond what I can see.
in pursuit of bold courage,
on the adventure
of the journey.”
― Morgan Harper Nichols

“I hope
you are able
to remember
what was Light-woven
and beautiful.
I hope
you are able to see
to remember what was,
and carry the goodness
that you will never forget
in the direction
of what is to come.”
― Morgan Harper Nichols

“Choosing to have joy
is not naively thinking
everything
will be easy.
It is courageously
believing
that there is
still hope,
even when
things get hard.”
― Morgan Harper Nichols, All Along You Were Blooming: Thoughts for Boundless Living

“And here I am,
in the middle of it all
learning to see the beauty and truth
in all I do not understand,
I will hold hope within my hands
that I can be here in the betweens
and find joy right where I am
and know endless, boundless peace
running wild over everything.”
― Morgan Harper Nichols

“perhaps it here you will learn to be strong.”
― Morgan Harper Nichols

“You are free to forgive
and you are also free
to heal.
You are worthy of love
no matter how anyone else
has made you feel.”
― Morgan Harper Nichols, All Along You Were Blooming: Thoughts for Boundless Living

“Were we really meant to rush with all abandon toward some earthly hilltop finish line? Or was God telling us something in those whispers to “be still,” that all along, it was necessary, to slow down, trust, and heal.”
― Morgan Harper Nichols, All Along You Were Blooming: Thoughts for Boundless Living

“For out here, in the wild, you are agile, walking through your own uncertainty. And that, dear friend, takes bravery.”
― Morgan Harper Nichols, All Along You Were Blooming: Thoughts for Boundless Living

“Maybe if you had been different,
you would have been what they wanted.
But maybe if you have been what they wanted,
you would have been different
than who you were supposed to be.”
― Morgan Harper Nichols, Storyteller: 100 Poem Letters

“you will rise, anyway.”
― Morgan Harper Nichols

“How liberating it is to pursue wholeness instead of perfection.”
― Morgan Harper Nichols