Recovery Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old recovery quotes, recovery sayings, and recovery proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity. Hippocrates
You have to break down before you can break through. Marilyn Ferguson
We are all broken. That's how the light gets in. Ernest Hemingway
Some of us think holding on makes us strong, but sometimes it is letting go. Herman Hesse
Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection Mark Twain
Our greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another. William James
Recovery begins from the darkest moment. John Major
When you adopt a positive mindset, you are harnessing the power of choice. Victor Schueller
Recovery is all about using our power to change our beliefs that are based on faulty data. Kevin McCormack
Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future. Robert H. Schuller
The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world. Marianne Williamson
Turn your wounds into wisdom. Oprah Winfrey
Life is very interesting... in the end, some of your greatest pains, become your greatest strengths. Drew Barrymore
Recovery can take place only within then context of relationships; it cannot occur in isolation. Judith Lewis Herman
The lesson is that you can still make mistakes and be forgiven. Robert Downey, Jr.
Forget past mistakes. Forget failures. Forget about everything except what you're going to do now – and do it. William Durant
It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop. Confucius
Genius is the recovery of childhood at will. Arthur Rimbaud
Recovery is the urge, the wrestle, and the resurrection. Patricia E. Deegan
It's easier to maintain a good character than to recover it when it's gone bad! Israelmore Ayivor
We're all looking at the people around us, the people who have gone before us who have succeeded in recovery and have long-term sobriety and they are an illustration for us of how good it can be. Scott Stevens
Understanding is the first step to acceptance, and only with acceptance can there be recovery. J. K. Rowling
A small step toward recovery is giant progress. Mark Cortes
You need to be bold enough and strong enough to let your loved one's recovery unfold or not unfold as it is meant to, not as you want it to. Carole Bennett
The only way to get over the pain is to face it, embrace it, hug it and learn the lessons embedded within it. Adele Theron
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising everytime we fall. Confuscious
Although the world is full of suffering it is also full of overcoming it. Helen Keller
Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent and broken, but – I hope – into a better shape. Charles Dickens
Recovery itself is a very un-glamorous daily process of being willing to fall down again, to break again, to cry again, to get up and try yet again until 'success' manifests as ever-greater sustained healing. Shannon Cutts
Let your hopes, not your hurts shape your future. Robert Schuller

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