Inspirational Recovery Quotes

Religion is for people who fear hell, spirituality is for people who have been there.

David Bowie

Clever, Fear, Recovery

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The greatest revolution of our generation is the discovery that human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives.

William James

Life, Change, Positive

"Living the Abundant Life". Book by Thomas S. Monson, 2004.

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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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You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great

Zig Ziglar

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

FaceBook post by Zig Ziglar from Nov 16, 2014

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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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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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You become what you think about

Napoleon Hill

Inspirational, Motivational, Success

Napoleon Hill (1997). “Napoleon Hill's Positive Action Plan: 365 Meditations For Making Each Day a Success”, p.13, Penguin

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Day by day, in every way, I am getting better and better

Emile Coue

Positive, Stress, Overcoming Addiction

De la Suggestion et de Ses Applications (1915)

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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.

Heraclitus

Inspirational, Integrity, Recovery

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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.

Heraclitus

Thinking, Light, Color

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We get very little wisdom from success, you know.

William Saroyan

Congratulations, Wisdom Experience, Sobriety

"My Heart's in the Highlands". Book by William Saroyan, 1939.

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No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined.

Harry Emerson Fosdick

Life, Health, Commitment

Harry Emerson Fosdick (1941). “Living under tension: sermons on Christianity today”

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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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Often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.

Helen Keller

Inspirational, Motivational, Change

Helen Keller (2000). “To Love this Life: Quotations”, p.25, American Foundation for the Blind

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You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Inspirational, Positive, Faith

Mother Jones Magazine, Vol.16, No.3, p.77, May - June 1991.

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Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

Theodore Roosevelt

Inspirational, Motivational, Success

Theodore Roosevelt (2006). “The Works of Theodore Roosevelt - Volume”, p.17, Cosimo, Inc.

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Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Inspirational, Motivational, Change

Atlanta Magazine, April 2008.

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To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.

Anatole France

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

Introductory speech at a session of the French Academy, December 24, 1896.

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The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

Strength to Love (1963) ch. 3

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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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Do not let your fire go out ... Do not let the Hero in your soul perish ... Check your road and the nature of your battle. The world you desired can be won. It exists, it is real, it is possible, it is yours.

Ayn Rand

Real, Hero, Recovery

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

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In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.

Abraham Lincoln

Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Love, Inspirational, Life

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2012). “A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings”, p.67, Beacon Press

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Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.

Oscar Wilde

Inspirational, Funny, Life

Oscar Wilde (2005). “The Prose of Oscar Wilde”, p.641, Cosimo, Inc.

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The best way out is always through.

Robert Frost

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

North of Boston (1914) "Servant to Servants"

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