[thepersonalquotes]

[therecoveryquotes]

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

[therecoveryquotes]

It's not my story anymore: whenever I speak about the past now, I feel as if I were talking about something that has nothing to do with me. All that remains in the present are the voice, the presence, and the importance of fulfilling my mission. I don't regret difficulties I experienced; I think they helped me to become the person I am today.

— Paulo Coelho, The Zahir

[therecoveryquotes]

I wanted a drink. There were a hundred reasons why a man will want a drink, but I wanted one now for the most elementary reason of all. I didn't want to feel what I was feeling, and a voice within was telling me that I needed a drink, that I couldn't bear it without it.

But that voice is a liar. You can always bear the pain. It'll hurt, it'll burn like acid in an open wound, but you can stand it. And, as long as you can make yourself go on choosing the pain over the relief, you can keep going.

Lawrence Block, Out on the Cutting Edge

[xinger1424]

You deserve to feel the same love that you give

[themotivatingquotes]

To be kind is more important than to be right. Many times, what people need is not a brilliant mind that speaks but a special heart that listens.

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

[themotivatingquotes]

If you're always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be.

— Maya Angelou

[themotivatingquotes]

Kindness begins with understanding we all struggle.

— Charles Glassman

[themotivatingquotes]

And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.

— Haruki Murakami