Addiction Recovery Quotes - Page 2

• Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations.

  Louisa May Alcott

  Hope, Sunshine, Goals Dreams

  Louisa May Alcott (2015). “LOUISA MAY ALCOTT Ultimate Collection: 16 Novels & 150+ Short Stories, Plays and Poems (Illustrated): Little Women, Good Wives, Little Men, Jo's Boys, A Modern Mephistopheles, Eight Cousins, Rose in Bloom, Jack and Jill, Behind a Mask, Lulu's Library, The Abbot's Ghost, A Garland for Girls…”, p.2033, e-artnow

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• I have other obligations now - the show, my family, my life... though I know that without my sobriety I wouldn't have any of those things.

  Rob Lowe

  Inspirational, Recovery, Addiction

  "Lowe profile" by Jessica Berens, www.theguardian.com. July 8, 2001.

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• No man or woman is uniformly successful... we must all expect a rather high percentage of failure in the things we attempt.

  Barnaby Keeney

  Inspiration, Recovery, Successful

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• No one's happiness but my own is in my power to achieve or to destroy.

  Ayn Rand

  Happiness, Power, Overcoming Addiction

  Ayn Rand (2016). “Atlas Shrugged”, p.610, Hamilton Books

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• When you can stop you don't want to, and when you want to stop, you can't.

  Luke Davies

  Recovery, Overcoming Addiction, Alcohol

  "Candy: A Novel of Love and Addiction". Book by Luke Davies, June 16, 1998.

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• Cocaine for me was a place to hide. Most people get hyper on coke. It slowed me down. Sometimes it made me paranoid and impotent, but mostly it just made me withdrawn.

  Robin Williams

  Recovery, People, Addiction

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• I guess the worst day I have had was when I had to stand up in rehab in front of my wife and daughter and say 'Hi, my name is Sam and I am an addict.'

  Samuel L. Jackson

  Daughter, Recovery, Names

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• Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.

  Louisa May Alcott

  Love, Inspirational, Motivational

  Louisa May Alcott (2009). “Work: A Story of Experience: Easyread Large Bold Edition”, p.305, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• No horse gets anywhere until he is harnessed. No stream or gas drives anything until it is confined. No Niagara is ever turned into light and power until it is tunneled. No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined.

  Harry Emerson Fosdick

  Life, Motivational, Horse

  Harry Emerson Fosdick (2008). “Answers to Real Problems: Harry Emerson Fosdick Speaks to Our Time: Selected Sermons of Harry Emerson Fosdick”, p.160, Wipf and Stock Publishers

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• The mentality and behavior of drug addicts and alcoholics is wholly irrational until you understand that they are completely powerless over their addiction and unless they have structured help they have no hope.

  Russell Brand

  Drinking, Addiction, Alcohol

  "My life without drugs" by Russell Brand, www.theguardian.com. March 9, 2013.

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• Do not let the hero in your soul perish.

  Ayn Rand

  Inspirational, Hero, Recovery

  Ayn Rand (2011). “Ayn Rand Novel Collection”, p.2269, Penguin

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• Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.

  Dale Carnegie

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "Dale Carnegie's Scrapbook - a Treasury of the Wisdom of the Ages". Book edited by Dorothy Carnegie, 1983.

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• Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism.

  Carl Jung

  Drinking, Recovery, Overcoming Addiction

  Memories, Dreams, Reflections ch. 12 (1962)

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• Decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it.

  Bill Cosby

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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• Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Gene Griessman, Abraham Lincoln (1998). “The Words Lincoln Lived By: 52 Timeless Principles to Light Your Path”, p.17, Simon and Schuster

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• Do not let your fire go out.

  Ayn Rand

  Recovery, Fire, Overcoming Addiction

  Ayn Rand (2016). “Atlas Shrugged”, p.817, Hamilton Books

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• Never bend your head. Always hold it high. Look the world straight in the eye.

  Helen Keller

  Inspirational, Graduation, Confidence

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• Each generation has to stand up for democracy. It can't take anything for granted and may have to fight fundamental battles anew.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  "Why democracy will last". Margaret Thatcher's second Carlton Lecture at the Carlton Club in central London, www.margaretthatcher.org. November 26, 1984.

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• The world you desire can be won, it exists, it is real, it is possible, it is yours.

  Ayn Rand

  Travel, Women, Real

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• Imagination is more important than knowledge.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Positive, Leadership

  Albert Einstein (2015). “Bite-Size Einstein: Quotations on Just About Everything from the Greatest Mind of the Twentieth Century”, p.32, St. Martin's Press

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• Life is very interesting... in the end, some of your greatest pains, become your greatest strengths.

  Drew Barrymore

  Inspirational, Life, Strength

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I got sober. I stopped killing myself with alcohol. I began to think: 'Wait a minute - if I can stop doing this, what are the possibilities?' And slowly it dawned on me that it was maybe worth the risk.

  Craig Ferguson

  Recovery, Thinking, Addiction

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• Look the world straight in the eye.

  Helen Keller

  Motivational, Confidence, Self Esteem

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• People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily.

  Zig Ziglar

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

  FaceBook post by Zig Ziglar from Sep 22, 2016

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• Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.

  Dale Carnegie

  Funny, Faith, Time

  Dale Carnegie (2010). “How to Stop Worrying and Start Living”, p.372, Simon and Schuster

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