Explore Quotes on Recovery

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 was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that whatsoever might be the future date of my History, the life of the historian must be short and precarious.

You do anything long enough to escape the habit of living until the escape becomes the habit.

He has half the deed done who has made a beginning.

I wake expectant, hoping to see a new thing.

Sometimes when you think you are done, it is just the edge of beginning. Probably that's why we decide we're done. It's getting too scary. We are touching down onto something real. It is beyond the point when you think you are done that often something strong comes out.

Each day the world is born anew for him who takes it rightly.

What is addiction, really? It is a sign, a signal, a symptom of distress. It is a language that tells us about a plight that must be understood.

Every worthy act is difficult. Ascent is always difficult. Descent is easy and often slippery.

As one goes through life, one learns that if you don't paddle your own canoe, you don't move.

Sometimes you can only find Heaven by slowly backing away from Hell.

Recovery begins from the darkest moment.

The more these readjustments are delayed ... the longer the depression will have to last, and the longer complete recovery is postponed.

If you find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere.

Every experience in your life is being orchestrated to teach you something you need to know to move forward.

Suffering isn't ennobling, recovery is.

When the student is ready the teacher will appear.

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 done.

But still, like air, I'll rise

Keep these concepts in mind: You've failed many times, although you don't remember. You fell down the first time you tried to walk. You almost drowned the first time you tried to swim. Don't worry about failure. My suggestion to each of you: Worry about the chances you miss when you don't even try.

Step confidently forward in the precisely the direction that is the most challenging to you. Because in that same direction, you'll also find what is most rewarding to you.

The soul is dyed the color of its thoughts. Think only on those things that are in line with your principles and can bear the light of day. The content of your character is your choice. Day by day, what you choose, what you think, and what you do is who you become. Your integrity is your destiny ... it is the light that guides your way.