Quotes about life and recovery

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You are giving up nothing! You have nothing to lose and everything to gain.

— Liz Hemingway, I Need To Stop Drinking!

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The goal isn't to be sober. The goal is to love yourself so much that you don't need to drink.

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The greatest mistake you can make in life is to continually be afraid you will make one.

— Elbert Hubbard

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One day you will wake up and there won't be any more time to do the things you've always wanted. Do it now.

— Paulo Coelho

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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

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People can be so quiet about their pain, that you forget they are hurting. That is why it is so important to always be kind.

— Nikita Gill

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I always feel like I'm struggeling to become someone else. Like I'm trying to find a new place, grab hold of a new life, new personality. I guess it's part of growing up, yet it's also an attempt to reinvent myself. By becoming a different me, I could free myself of everything. I seriously believed I could escape myself as long as I made the effort. But I always hit a dead end. No matter where I go, I still end up me. What's missing never changes. The scenery may change, but I'm still the same old incomplete person. The same missing elements torture me with a hunger that I can never satisfy. I guess that lack itself is as close as I'll come to defining myself.

— Haruki Murakami, South of the Border, West of the Sun

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For what it's worth... it's never too late, or in my case too early, to be whoever you want to be. There's no time limit. Start whenever you want. You can change or stay the same. There are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you've never felt before. I hope you meet people who have a different point of view. I hope you live a life you're proud of, and if you're not, I hope you have the courage to start over again.

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Don't think about what can happen in a month. Don't think about what can happen in a year. Just focus on the 24 hours in front of you and do what you can to get closer to where you want to be.

— Eric Thomas

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I must change my life so that I can live it, not wait for it.

— Susan Sontag, Reborn: Journals and Notebooks, 1947-1964

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I might think I can't take it any more, that I can't go on any more, but one way or another I get past that.

— Haruki Murakami, After Dark

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No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn't trying.

— Tony Robbins

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Your hardest times often lead to the greatest moments of your life. Keep going. Tough situations build strong people in the end.

— Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

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Stupid dreams. Even the good ones are bad, because they remind you how poorly reality measures up.

— Neal Shusterman, Unwind

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There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.

— Haruki Murakami, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running

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Growing isn’t just about the end result; it starts with small steps and daily progress. Make progress every day, and your direction will become clearer.

— Topher Pike

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The biggest wall you have to climb is the one you build in your mind: Never let your mind talk you out of your dreams, trick you into giving up. Never let your mind become the greatest obstacle to success. To get your mind on the right track, the rest will follow.

— Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart