20 Inspiring Quotes About Recovery
- NW Substance Abuse Recovery Network
- Feb 28
- 2 min read
Every day, we have the privilege of walking alongside men and women who are courageously rebuilding their lives. Our residents show us what grit, humility, honesty, and hope look like in real time. Recovery is not easy—but it is possible.
20 Inspiring Quotes About Recovery
Every day, we have the privilege of walking alongside men and women who are courageously rebuilding their lives. Our residents show us what grit, humility, honesty, and hope look like in real time. Recovery is not easy—but it is possible. If you feel called to stand with them, we invite you to make a donation or support a resident directly as they continue the brave work of healing. Your generosity becomes groceries, safe housing, counseling support, job readiness, and—most importantly—another chance.
Below are 20 quotes that remind us why recovery is worth it.
“I understood myself only after I destroyed myself. And only in the process of fixing myself, did I know who I really was.”— Snoop Dogg
“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.”— Confucius
“One day at a time.”— Alcoholics Anonymous
“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.”— Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Recovery is something that you have to work on every single day and it’s something that doesn’t get a day off.”— Demi Lovato
“Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.”— C.S. Lewis
“Fall seven times, stand up eight.”— Japanese Proverb
“You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.”— Martin Luther King Jr.
“Recovery is an acceptance that your life is in shambles and you have to change it.”— Jamie Lee Curtis
“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.”— Theodore Roosevelt
“It always seems impossible until it’s done.”— Nelson Mandela
“We are not our addiction. We are the people who are fighting it.”— Anonymous
“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.”— Mahatma Gandhi
“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”— Nelson Mandela
“Every noble work is at first impossible.”— Thomas Carlyle
“When everything seems like an uphill struggle, just think of the view from the top.”— Anonymous
“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, ‘I will try again tomorrow.’”— Mary Anne Radmacher
“Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.”— Nido Qubein
“The best way out is always through.”— Robert Frost
“Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.”— Desmond Tutu
Recovery is not a straight line. It is a daily decision—sometimes a moment-by-moment one. We see courage in group meetings, job interviews, therapy sessions, family reunifications, and quiet evenings when someone chooses sobriety again.
If these words moved you, consider becoming part of someone’s recovery story. Your support truly changes lives.
Together, we recover.
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