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Empowering Recovery Quotes: 200 Inspirational Gems for Your Journey

In moments of adversity,finding solace and motivation can be challenging.However,a powerful recovery quote has the ability to uplift spirits and provide a beacon of hope.In this article,we curate a collection of inspiring recovery quotes that resonate with the journey of overcoming obstacles and embracing resilience.Whether you're navigating through personal struggles,addiction recovery,or seeking encouragement for a loved one,these quotes offer wisdom,strength,and perspective.Join us as we delve into a treasure trove of words that illuminate the path to healing and renewal. 

Recovery Quotes: 

1. “Believe you can,and you’re halfway there.”–Theodore Roosevelt

2. “Success is the sum of small efforts,repeated day-in and day-out.”–Robert Collier 

3. “Our greatest glory is not in never falling,but in rising up every time we fail.”–Ralph Waldo Emerson 

4. “Every worthy act is difficult.Ascent is always difficult.Descent is easy and often slippery.”–Mahatma Gandhi 

5. “Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.”–Robert Louis Stevenson 

6. “Amazing how we can light tomorrow with today.”–Elizabeth Barrett Browning 

7. “Strength does not come from physical capacity.It comes from an indomitable will.”–Mahatma Gandhi 

8. “Life doesn’t get easier or more forgiving.We get stronger and more resilient.”–Steve Maraboli 

9. “Addiction is just a way of trying to get at something else.Something bigger.Call it transcendence if you want,but it’s like a rat in a maze.We all want the same thing.We all have this hole.The thing you want offers relief,but it’s a trap.”–Tess Callahan 

10. “Addiction: the disease that makes you too selfish to see the havoc that you created or care about the people whose lives you shattered.”–Unknown 

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11. “Sometimes you’ve just got to give yourself what you wish someone else would give you.”–Dr.Phil 

12. “Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.”–C.S.Lewis 

13. “If you can quit for a day,you can quit for a lifetime.”–Benjamin Alire Sáenz 

14. “The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.”–Ralph Waldo Emerson 

15. “Happiness is where we find it,but rarely where we seek it.”–J.Petit Senn
16. “The only journey is the one within.”–Rainer Maria Rilke 

17. “Addictions … started out like magical pets,pocket monsters.They did extraordinary tricks,show you things you hadn’t seen,and were fun.But came,through some gradual dire alchemy,to make decisions for you.Eventually,they were making your most crucial life decisions.And they were … less intelligent than goldfish.”–William Gibson 

18. “Addiction is the only prison where the locks are on the inside.”–Unknown 

19. “She goes from one addiction to another.All are ways for her to not feel her feelings.”–Ellen Burstyn 

20. “I have come to believe that caring for myself is not self-indulgent.Caring for myself is an act of survival.”–Audre Lorde 

Motivational Recovery Quotes: 

21. “Sometimes the smallest step in the right direction ends of being the biggest step of your life.Tiptoe if you must, but take the step.”–Naeem Callaway 

22. “It always seems impossible until it’s done.”–Nelson Mandela 

23. “In the midst of winter,I found there was,within me,an invincible summer.And that makes me happy.For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me,there’s something stronger — something better,pushing right back.”–Albert Camus 

24. “Understanding the difference between healthy striving and perfectionism is critical to laying down the shield and picking up your life.”–Brené Brown 

25. “If we are facing in the right direction,all we have to do is keep walking.”–Buddhist Proverb

26. “If things go wrong,don’t go with them.”–Roger Babson 

27. “No matter how dark the night may get,your light will never burn out.”–Jeanette LeBlanc 

28. “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 

29. “My recovery must come first so that everything I love in life doesn’t have to come last.”–Unknown 

30. “It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.”–Confucius
Health Recovery Quotes: 

31. “Don’t let the past steal your present.”–Cherríe Moraga 

32. “Recovery is an acceptance that your life is in shambles,and you have to change it.”–Jamie Lee Curtis 

33. “One of the hardest things was learning that I was worth recovery.”– Demi Lovato 

34. “Recovery is about progression,not perfection.”–Unknown 

35. “Sometimes, we motivate ourselves by thinking of what we want to become.Sometimes we motivate ourselves by thinking about who we don’t ever want to be again.”–Shane Niemeyer 

36. “I think that the power is in the principle.The principle of moving forward,as though you have the confidence to move forward,eventually gives you confidence when you look back and see what you’ve done.”–Robert Downey Jr. 

37. “I am not defined by my relapses but by my decision to remain in recovery despite them.”–Unknown 

 38. “Though no one can go back and make a brand-new start,anyone can start from now and make a brand-new ending.”–Carl Bard 

39. You don’t have to see the whole staircase,just take the first step”-Martin Luther King Jr. 

40. “Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.”-Robert Louis Stevenson 

Short Recovery Quotes: 

41. “When we strive to become better than we are,everything around us becomes better too.”-Paulo Coelho 

42. “I am not my worst days.I am not what happened to me”-Rupi Kaur 

43. “You’ve got to learn to leave the table when love’s no longer being served.”–Nina Simone 

44. “When in doubt,choose change”-Lily Leung 

45. “If you get tired,learn to rest,not to quit.”-Banksy
46. “Sometimes carrying on,just carrying on,is the superhuman achievement.”–Albert Camus 

47. “It’s never too late to change your direction”-Dr.Wayne Dyer

48. “Your direction is more important than your speed.”-Richard L.Evans 

49. “Keep taking time for yourself until you’re you again”-Lalah Delia 

50. “When we trust that we’re the ocean,we’re not afraid of the waves”-Tara Brach
Addiction Recovery Quotes: 

51. “Sometimes we motivate ourselves by thinking of what we want to become.Sometimes we motivate ourselves by thinking about who we don’t ever want to be again.”–Shane Niemeyer 

52. “Dreams and reality are opposites.Action synthesizes them.”-Assata Shakur 

53. “Success is the sum of small efforts,repeated day in and day out.”-Robert Collier 

54. “There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.”-Buddha 

55. “We are all rough drafts of the people we’re becoming”-Bob Goff 

56. Courage doesn’t always roar.Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I’ll try again tomorrow.”-Mary Anne Radmacher 

57. “Your future needs you.Your past doesn’t”-Unknown 

58. “First forget inspiration.Habit is more dependable.Habit will sustain you whether you’re inspired or not… Habit is persistence in practice.”―Octavia Butler 

59. “Forgive yourself for not knowing what you didn’t know before you learned it.”-Maya Angelou 

60. “If you keep walking in the same direction,you’ll end up where you’re headed”-Lao Tzu
Strength And Recovery Quotes: 

61. “Healing may not be so much about getting better,as about letting go of everything that isn’t you- all of the expectations,all of the beliefs – and becoming who are you”-Rachel Naomi Remen 

62. “Every time you thought you couldn’t keep moving forward,you did.Take a moment to appreciate your strength.”– Karen Salmansohn 

63. “Owning our story and loving ourselves through that process is the bravest thing that we will ever do.”–Brené Brown 

64. “Strength does not come from physical capacity.It comes from an indomitable will.”–Mahatma GandhiDrug 

65. “Recovery is hard.Regret is harder.”–Brittany BurgunderDrug 

66. “You can’t defeat the darkness by keeping it caged inside of you.”–Seth Adam SmithDrug 

67. “Life doesn’t get easier or more forgiving,we get stronger and more resilient.”–Steve MaraboliDrug 

68. “I avoid looking forward or backward,and try to keep looking upward.”–Charlotte BrontëDrug 

69. “The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places.”–Ernest HemingwayDrug 

70. “That which does not kill us makes us stronger.”–Friedrich NietzschDrug
Proud Of Your Recovery Quotes: 

71. “Courage isn’t having the strength to go on – it is going on when you don’t have strength.”–Napoléon BonaparteDrug 

72. “Change must start from the individual.And the individual must want and feel ready to make such change.”–Efrat CybulkiewiczDrug 

73. “Rising from the ashes,I am born again,powerful,exultant,majestic through all the pain.”–Shannon PerryDrug 

74. “Anyone can give up; it is the easiest thing in the world to do.But to hold it together when everyone would expect you to fall apart,now that is true strength.”–Chris Bradford 

75. “Courage is resistance to fear,mastery of fear – not absence of fear.”–Mark TwainDrug
76. “Your best days are ahead of you.The movie starts when the guy gets sober and puts his life back together; it doesn’t end there.”–Bucky SinisterDrug 

77. “Listen to God with a broken heart.He is not only the doctor who mends it but also the father who wipes away the tears.”–Criss JamiDrug 

78. “An over-indulgence of anything,even something as pure as water,can intoxicate.”–Criss JamiDrug Addiction 

 79. “No matter how dark the night may get, your light will never burn out.”–Jeanette LeBlanc 

80. “In the end, some of your greatest pains become your greatest strengths.”–Drew Barrymore 

Injury recovery quotes: 

81. “You feel your strength in the experience of pain.”–Jim Morrison 

82. “Sometimes you can only find Heaven by slowly backing away from Hell.”–Carrie Fisher 

83. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.”–Theodore Roosevelt 

84. “Nothing is impossible; the word itself says, ‘I’m possible!’”–Audrey Hepburn 

85. “Success is the sum of small efforts,repeated day in and day out.”–Robert Collier 

86. “If we are facing in the right direction,all we have to do is keep on walking.”–Zen proverb 

87. “Though no one can go back and make a brand new start,anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.”–Carl Bard 

88. “If things go wrong,don’t go with them.”–Roger Babson 

89. “Our greatest glory is not in never failing,but in rising up every time we fail.”–Ralph Waldo Emerson 

90. “It always seems impossible until it’s done.”–Nelson Mandela
Funny Addiction Recovery Quotes: 

91. “Whether you think you can or you think you can’t,you’re right.”–Henry Ford

92. “I think that the power is the principle.The principle of moving forward,as though you have the confidence to move forward,eventually gives you confidence when you look back and see what you’ve done.”–Robert Downey Jr.Drug

93. “Fall seven times, stand up eight.” – Japanese proverb

94. “If you don’t know where you are going,you’ll end up someplace else.”–Yogi BerraDrug

95. “Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.”–Babe RuthDrug

96. “Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet.Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened,ambition inspired,and success achieved.”–Helen KellerDrug

97. “If you hear a voice within you say ‘you cannot paint,’ then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced.”–Vincent Van GoghDrug

98. “If you accept the expectations of others,especially negative ones,then you never will change the outcome.”–Michael JordanDrug 

99. “You must do the things you think you cannot do.”–Eleanor RooseveltDrug 

100. “Even in the midst of devastation,something within us always points the way to freedom.”–Sharon SalzbergDrug
Addiction quotes about recovery and healing:

101. “I avoid looking forward or backward,and try to keep looking upward.”—Charlotte Brontë 

102. “Believe you can,and you’re halfway there.”—Theodore Roosevelt 

103. “Sometimes you’ve just got to give yourself what you wish someone else would give you.”—Dr.Phil 

104. “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.”—Russel Brand

105. “Don’t let the past steal your present.”—Terri Guillemets
106. “Experience is not what happens to you.It is what you do with what happens to you.”—Aldous Huxley 

107. “People often say that motivation doesn’t last.Neither does bathing.That’s why we recommend it daily.”—Zig Ziglar 

108. “Life is like riding a bicycle.To keep your balance,you must keep moving.”—Albert Einstein 

109. “The best way out is always through.”—Robert Frost 

110. “Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.”—C.S.Lewis 

Surgery Recovery Quotes: 

111. “Sometimes we motivate ourselves by thinking of what we want to become.Sometimes we motivate ourselves by thinking about who we don’t ever want to be again.”—Shane Niemeyer 

112. “Our greatest glory is not in never failing,but in rising up every time we fail.”—Ralph Waldo Emerson 

113. “I understood,through rehab,things about creating characters.I understood that creating whole people means knowing where we come from, how we can make a mistake,and how we overcome things to make ourselves stronger.”—Samuel L. Jackson 

114. “When everything seems like an uphill struggle,just think of the view from the top.”—Unknown 

115. “Your best days are ahead of you.The movie starts when the guy gets sober and puts his life back together; it doesn’t end there.”—Bucky Sinister 

116. “Change your behaviors,and your feelings will follow.”—Susan McMahon 

117. “All the suffering,stress,and addiction comes from not realizing you already are what you are looking for.”—Jon Kabat-Zinn 

118. “The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.”—Ralph Waldo Emerson 

119. “You can come out of the furnace of trouble two ways: if you let it consume you,you come out a cinder; but there is a kind of metal which refuses to be consumed and comes out a star.”—Jean Church 

120. “Patience and the mulberry leaf becomes a silk gown.”—Chinese proverb
Recovery and addiction quotes to empower you: 

121. “Obstacles are those frightening things that become visible when we take our eyes off our goals.”—Henry Ford 

122. “The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.”—Alice Walker 

123. “No other road,no other way,no day but today.”—Jonathan Larson 

124. “Believe more deeply.Hold your face up to the light,even though for the moment you do not see.”—Bill Wilson 

125. “Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.”—Robert Louis Stevenson
126. “It’s not the load that breaks you down,it’s the way you carry it.”—Lou Holtz 

127. “As human beings,our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world… as in being able to remake ourselves.”—Mahatma Gandhi 

128. “Lack of direction,not lack of time,is the problem.We all have twenty-four-hour days.”—Zig Ziglar 

129. “Fall seven times,stand up eight.”—Japanese proverb 

130. “I think that the power is the principle.The principle of moving forward,as though you have the confidence to move forward,eventually gives you confidence when you look back and see what you’ve done.”—Robert Downey Jr. 

Recovery and addiction quotes to help you see the brighter side: 

131. “Once I was clear-headed,and I hadn’t been clear-headed in so long,I was like,I can never go back.And I’m still thankful.”—Travis Barker 

132. “Either you run the day,or the day runs you.”—Jim Rohn 

133. “Of course, motivation is not permanent.But then,neither is bathing; but it is something you should do on a regular basis.”—Zig Ziglar 

134. “My recovery from drug addiction is the single greatest accomplishment of my life… but it takes work — hard,painful work — but the help is there,in every town and career,drug/drink freed members of society,from every single walk and talk of life to help and guide.”—Jamie Lee Curtis 

135. “The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.”—Walt Disney
136. ‘If it wasn’t for that rehab center,I probably wouldn’t have been here.In terms of recovery,it has been very important for me to be a part of a recovery community,to actively be around my people because they understand me.They get it.”—Macklemore 

137. “The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.”—Bishop W.C.Magee 

138. “Understanding the difference between healthy striving and perfectionism is critical to laying down the shield and picking up your life.”—Brené Brown 

139. “Have patience with all things,but chiefly have patience with yourself.Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections,but instantly set about remedying them – every day,begin the task anew.”—Saint Francis de Sales 

140. “If you don’t know where you are going,you’ll end up someplace else.”—Yogi Berra 

Recovery quotes to help you achieve it: 

141. “The only thing standing between you and your goal is the bullshit story you keep telling yourself as to why you can’t achieve it.”—Jordan Belfort 

142. “The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.”—Arthur C.Clarke 

143. “Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet.Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened,ambition inspired,and success achieved.”—Helen Keller 

144. “Keep steadily before you the fact that all true success depends at last upon yourself.”—Theodore T.Hunger 

145. “Happiness is where we find it,but rarely where we seek it.”—J.Petit Senn 

146. “If you have made mistakes,there is always another chance for you.You may have a fresh start any moment you choose,for this thing we call ‘failure’ is not the falling down,but the staying down.”—Mary Pickford 

147. “The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.”—Confucius 

148. “Opportunities multiply as they are seized.”—Sun Tzu 

149. “I can’t change the direction of the wind,but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.”—Jimmy Dean 

150. “Change the way you look at things,and the things you look at change.”—Wayne W.Dyer
Recovery and addiction quotes to make you strong: 

151. “We’re all addicted to something that takes away the pain.”―Boys Like Girls 

152. “Recovery is taking all twelve steps…over and over and over and over…”―Toni Sorenson 

153. “We should be open to change to ensure that our addiction to life always remains under check.”―Dr.Prem Jagyasi 

154. “One thing you must realize is that you either kill your addiction or your addiction will eventually kill you.”―Oche Otorkpa 

155. “There are people who are addicted to sadness the way others are addicted to coffee or cigarettes.”―Marty Rubin
156. “Addiction denied is recovery delayed.”―Mokokoma Mokhonoana 

157. “It’s okay to bleed on someone who didn’t cut you.Don’t wait until you’re scarred over to ask for help.Healing starts when the wound is still new.”―Toni Sorenson 

158. “Just because something is familiar doesn’t mean it’s safe.And just because something feels safe,doesn’t mean it’s good for you.”―Brittany Burgunder 

159. “The Power to redefine your life and purpose is in your hands.Use it effectively like a wise person.”―Oche Otorkpa 

160. “If today is your past come tomorrow,then make your past your future of today.”―Darrel Loyd 

Recovery And Addiction Quotes To Elevate Your Perspective: 

161. “Addiction brings apathy.Break the apathy,and you break the addiction.”―Mango Wodzak 

162. “Addiction is a repeated temporary…stilling.I am concerned with peace…not mere relief.”―Edward Albee 

163. “Your addiction is not you,but it feels like you because you’ve spent so much intimate time together.”―Toni Sorenson 

164. “Too much of a good thing is toxic.”―Aysha Taryam 

165. “Your addiction to daily distraction denies you of effectiveness.”―Bernard Kelvin Clive
166. “Recovery is hard.Regret is harder.”—Brittany Burgunder 

167. “Every worthwhile act is difficult.Ascent is always difficult.Descent is easy and often slippery.”—Mahatma Gandhi 

168. “Life doesn’t get easier or more forgiving,we get stronger and more resilient.”—Steve Maraboli 

169. “When everything seems to be going against you,remember that the airplane takes off against the wind,not with it.”—Henry Ford 

170. “That which does not kill us makes us stronger.”–Friedrich Nietzsche 

Recovery And Addiction Quotes To Brighten Your Day: 

171. “Remember, just because you hit bottom doesn’t mean you have to stay there.”—Robert Downey Jr. 

172. “Rising from the ashes,I am born again,powerful,exultant,majestic through all the pain.”—Shannon Perry 

173. “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 J. Jackson 

174. “No matter how dark the night may get,your light will never burn out.”—Jeanette LeBlanc 

175. “Getting sober was one of the three pivotal events in my life,along with becoming an actor and having a child.Of the three,finding my sobriety was the hardest thing.”—Robert Downey,Jr.
176. “You can’t defeat the darkness by keeping it caged inside of you.”—Seth Adam Smith 

177. “You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.”—Margaret Thatcher 

178. “The world breaks everyone,and afterward,many are strong at the broken places.”—Ernest Hemingway 

179. “Change must start from the individual.And the individual must want and feel ready to make such change.”—Efrat Cybulkiewicz 

180. “If you can quit for a day,you can quit for a lifetime.”—Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Recovery And Addiction Quotes To Uplift You: 

181. “Recovery is something you have to work on every single day,and it’s something that doesn’t get a day off.”—Demi Lovato 

182. “An over-indulgence of anything,even something as pure as water,can intoxicate.”—Criss Jami 

183. “The greatest mistake to make in life is to continually be afraid you will make one.”—Elbert Hubbard 

184. “You feel your strength in the experience of pain.”—Jim Morrison 

185. “If we are facing in the right direction,all we have to do is keep on walking.”—Zen proverb 

186. “Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.”—George Addair 

187. “Courage isn’t having the strength to go on – it’s going on when you don’t have strength.”—Napoleon Bonaparte 

188. “We need never be hopeless because we can never be irreparably broken.”—John Green 

189. “You have brains in your head; You have feet in your shoes; You can steer yourself any direction you choose.”—Dr.Seuss 

190. “Though nobody can go back and make a new beginning,anyone can start over and make a new ending.”—Chico Xavier
More Recovery Quotes: 

191. “It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.”—Confucius 

192. “The diamond cannot be polished without friction,nor the person perfected without trials.”—Chinese proverb 

193. “Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives,stop thinking and go in.”—Napoleon Bonaparte 

194. “You have to break down before you can break through.”—Marilyn Ferguson 

195. “People become attached to their burdens sometimes more than the burdens are attached to them.”—George Bernard Shaw 

196. “I really mean when I say my biggest fear in early recovery was that I would never have fun again.The beautiful truth is that recovery has given me freedom and the confidence to go out in the world and leave my own mark.”—Tom Stoddart 

197. “Alcoholism is,above all,a disease of denial.”—David Stafford

198. “Someone once told me,‘I heard you finally got rid of your addiction.’I smiled and said,‘No,addiction doesn’t work like that.Once you have it,you will always have it.I just choose not to feed it.”—Anonymous 

199. “Recovery isn’t always easy,but it certainly beats the alternative.”—Anonymous 

200. “Recovery is about progression,not perfection.”—Anonymous
In conclusion,the journey of recovery is often accompanied by moments of doubt,fear,and uncertainty.However,through the power of inspirational recovery quotes,we find the courage to persevere,the strength to endure,and the wisdom to embrace the process.As we reflect on the profound words of wisdom shared in this article,may we be reminded that recovery is not just about overcoming challenges,but also about rediscovering our inner resilience and embracing the beauty of transformation.Let these quotes serve as guiding lights,illuminating our path toward healing,growth,and a brighter tomorrow.Embrace each quote as a beacon of hope,and let them inspire you to keep moving forward on your journey of recovery.

By: QuotidianVerse Team.

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