Recovery Quotes About Overcoming Adversity
- “Not until we are lost we begin to find ourselves.” ~Henry David Thoreau
- “The diamond cannot be polished without friction, nor the person perfected without trials.” ~Chinese proverb
- “You have to break down before you can break through.” ~Marilyn Ferguson
- “It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be.” ~J.K. Rowling
- “Only in the darkness can you see the stars.” ~The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
- “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “Turn your wounds into wisdom.” ~Oprah Winfrey
- “Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.” ~Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds
- “Courage isn’t having the strength to go on – it’s going on when you don’t have strength.” ~Napoleon Bonaparte
- “Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.” ~Babe Ruth
- “Fall seven times and stand up eight.” ~Japanese proverb
- “You will face your greatest opposition when you are closest to your biggest miracle.” ~Shannon L. Adler
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