Best Recovery Quotes
520 Recovery quotes by 399 unique authors
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Courage is not defined by those who fought and did not fall, but by those who fought, fell and rose again.
— Adrienne Rich
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A little bit of something beats a lot of nothing. Break the largest of difficult tasks into the smallest of steps and it can be…
— Dan Millman
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But still, like air, I'll rise
— Maya Angelou
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Suffering isn't ennobling, recovery is.
— Christiaan Barnard
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The more these readjustments are delayed ... the longer the depression will have to last, and the longer complete recovery is postponed.
— Murray Rothbard
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I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame. But my pride…
— Edward Gibbon
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Variety of form and brilliancy of color in the object presented to patients are an actual means of recovery.
— Florence Nightingale
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Our lives become the sum of all whom we have loved. It is important not to waste anyone. One task of living out the last…
— George Vaillant
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Persons who have no desire to live have a very slight chance of recovery. We can continue to extend to them our love, sympathy, and…
— Michio Kushi
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In God's economy, nothing is wasted. Through failure, we learn a lesson in humility which is probably needed, painful though it is.
— Bill W.
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We lose the fear of making decisions, great and small; as we realize that should our choice prove wrong we can, if we will, learn…
— Bill W.
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Anytime I was challenged and told I couldn't do something, I would absolutely have to prove the opposite. And I did.
— Heather Mills
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If we are ready to tear down the walls that confine us, break the cage that imprisons us, we will discover what our wings are…
— Unknown Author
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If thou least fallen into sin through violent temptations, seek speedily for repentance for it, recovery out of it, and reformation from it.
— Vavasor Powell
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Recovery begins with embracing our pain and taking the risk to share it with others. We do this by joining a group and talking about…
— John Bradshaw
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People say the effect is only on the mind. It is no such thing. The effect is on the body, too. Little as we know…
— Florence Nightingale
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I feel very positive where I never did before, and I think that's all a direct result of getting sober.
— Jamie Lee Curtis
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It's been said that alcoholics are egomaniacs with low self -esteem. It's the prefect description. Being larger than life and yet your pride is crushed…
— Gary Oldman
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I drank a lot, but I wouldn't have missed it. I look back on it as sort of dreary enjoyment, because I don't have to…
— Anthony Hopkins
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It is 10 years since I used drugs or drank alcohol and my life has improved immeasurably. I have a job, a house, a cat,…
— Russell Brand
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Sobriety was the greatest gift I ever gave myself.
— Rob Lowe
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We're all looking at the people around us, the people who have gone before us who have succeeded in recovery and have long-term sobriety and…
— Scott Stevens
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The CRAFT approach, developed by Bob Meyers at U of New Mexico, is one set of important tools that DO work, and it feels great…
— Jeff Foote
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Positive thoughts and prayer have been the best means available, since the beginning of time, to transform darkness to light.
— Cat Stevens
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The hopeful part about that is when you do have that help, you will feel better. It still doesn't make this easy. Nothing makes this…
— David Sheff
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