Top 160 Recovery Quotes (2025 Update)
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151. “Suicide is no solution. Keep fighting.”

— Hayley Williams

152. “Every moment of resistance to temptation is a victory.”

— Frederick William Faber

153. “Always Do Your Best. Your best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse and regret.”

— Miguel Ruiz

154. “Don’t go into the new year holding a grudge from last year. Leave the hurts and disappointments behind.”

— Joel Osteen

155. “Turn your scars into stars.”

— Robert H. Schuller

156. “Hardship may dishearten at first, but every hardship passes away. All despair is followed by hope; all darkness is followed by sunshine.”

— Rumi

157. “A man can fall many times in life, but he’s never a failure until he refuses to get back up.”

— Evel Knievel

158. “You already have everything you need to be content. Your real work is to do whatever it takes to realize that.”

— Geneen Roth

159. “It is hard to be happy without a life worth living. This is a fundamental tenet of DBT. Of course, all lives are worth living in reality. No life is not worth living. But what is important is that you experience your life as worth living – one that is satisfying, and one that brings happiness.”

— Marsha M. Linehan

160. “It’s not a sin to get knocked down; it’s a sin to stay down.”

— Carl Brashear

161. “No matter how many times you get knocked down, keep getting back up.”

— Joel Osteen

162. “Resilience is not what happens to you. It’s how you react to, respond to, and recover from what happens to you.”

— Jeffrey Gitomer

163. “No one can take away your pain, so don’t let anyone take away your happiness.”

— Mariska Hargitay

164. “Be brave. Be open-minded. Be kind. Be forgiving. Be generous. Be optimistic. Be grateful for the many unexpected lessons you will learn. Find the joy inside the hardship. It’s there. I assure you. And, too, be open to inspiration from unlikely sources.”

— Dana Reeve

165. “You are the community now. Be a lamp for yourselves. Be your own refuge. Seek for no other. All things must pass. Strive on diligently. Don’t give up.”

— Buddha

166. “Through Love all that is bitter will be sweet, Through Love all that is copper will be gold, Through Love all dregs will become wine, through Love all pain will turn to medicine.”

— Rumi

167. “God specializes in giving people a fresh start.”

— Rick Warren

168. “If you fall stand tall and come back for more.”

— Tupac Shakur

169. “Time heals everything. Sometimes you have to go through that pain and heartbreak so that you can get to the other side and come out on top.”

— Christina Aguilera