Rise Quotes

“We must remember that intelligence is not enough. Intelligence plus character—that is the goal of true education.”
― Rise Myers, Rise: A Memoir

“Call it hope. Trust. A desire to share what I have worked so hard for so long to learn. I don’t know yet. I’m sure it will change along the way. But it will be mine to nurture and grow. From that young girl in the photo all the way to me now, my success has been, that against all odds, I have survived and survived well. And that survival has taught me how to rise up, again and again, to see what’s next.”
― Rise Myers, Rise: A Memoir

“I always knew what I wanted: better than what I had.”
― Rise Myers, Rise: A Memoir

“I started counting all the times someone had thought I was special and how my family had ruined it each time.”
― Rise Myers, Rise: A Memoir

“I imagine my father—handsome, disgusting, and mean —standing there on the day of the picture, holding the camera like it was a gun and he could aim it at anyone, at any time, and you’d always be surprised.”
― Rise Myers, Rise: A Memoir

“My expression probably means that, by then, I had already learned not to give too much away. To be ready for anything. It’s my Cautious Face.”
― Rise Myers, Rise: A Memoir