Quotes about Recovery
It's never too late. Don't focus on what was taken away. Find something to replace it, and acknowledge the blessing you have.
- Drew Barrymore
It is part of the cure to want to be cured.
- Seneca
A champion is not defined by their wins but how they recover when they fall.
- Serena Williams
When we did so poorly at helping folks recover from drug addiction, we stepped back and said, "Duh, no wonder. None of us are heroine addicts.
- Shane Claiborne
On the wall of New Jerusalem is a sign that reads, "We cannot fully recover until we help the society that made us sick recover.
- Shane Claiborne
People are poor not just because of their sins; they are poor because of our sins (and people are rich because of our sins). On the wall of New Jerusalem is a sign that reads, "We cannot fully recover until we help the society that made us sick recover.
- Shane Claiborne
Time will cure you, but now is your grief still young.
- Euripides
In case you missed it, this week, there was a tragedy in Kansas. Ten thousand people died -- an entire town destroyed. --on a Kansas tornado that killed 12 people
- Barack Obama
Let me claim that Africa and I kept company for a while and then parted ways as if we were both party to relations with a failed outcome. Or say I was afflicted with Africa like a bout of a rare disease from which I have not managed a full recovery.
- Barbara Kingsolver
Until I learned to be in love with my life again. Like a stroke victim retraining new parts of the brain to grasp lost skills, i have taught myself joy, over and over again.
- Barbara Kingsolver
To unwind after training, I love to have a long hot soak in the bath, then veg out on the sofa with a box set. I'm a box-set junkie! I absolutely love 'Grey's Anatomy.'
- Jessica Ennis-Hill
Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out on religion? Come to me. Get away with me and you'll recover your life. I'll show you how to take a real rest. Walk with me and work with me—watch how I do it. Learn the unforced rhythms of grace. I won't lay anything heavy or ill-fitting on you. Keep company with me and you'll learn to live freely and lightly.
- Eugene Peterson