Inspirational Quotes

[Sistersteel]

I would rather go through life clean,
believing I am an addict,
than go through life using and being used,
trying to convince myself that I am not.

[Sistersteel]

Good habits are as easy to form as bad ones.

[Sistersteel]

"It's never too late to be who you might have been."

[Sistersteel]

Never deprive someone of hope; it might be all they have.

[Sistersteel]

Until you have loved an animal, a part of your soul is unawakened.

[Sistersteel]

Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.

[Sistersteel]

You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself... They do not feel that you've done a permanent job.

[Sistersteel]

"Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get."

[Sistersteel]

One word or a pleasing smile is often enough to raise up a saddened and wounded soul.

[Sistersteel]

Change your thoughts, and you change your world.

[Sistersteel]

Write injuries in sand,
kindnesses in marble.

[Sistersteel]

First impressions often lead to wrong conclusions.

[Sistersteel]

He who angers you controls you.

[Sistersteel]

Worrying about something that may never happen is like paying interest on money you may never borrow.

[Sistersteel]

Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself.

[Sistersteel]

Take the first step in faith.
You don't have to see the whole staircase,
Just take the first step.


Martin Luther King, Jr.

[Sistersteel]

"Our days are happier when we give people a bit of our heart rather than a piece of our mind."

[Sistersteel]

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.

[Sistersteel]

If there is no wind, row.

[Sistersteel]

"Don't borrow someone else's spectacles to view yourself with."

[Sistersteel]

"There's no easy way out. If there were, I would have bought it. And believe me, it would be one of my favorite things!"

[Sistersteel]

"Be yourself. No one can ever tell you you're doing it wrong."

[Sistersteel]

"People begin to become successful the minute they decide to be."

[Sistersteel]

"It's the heart afraid of breaking,
that never takes a chance.
It's the dream afraid of waking,
that never learns to dance.
It's the one who won't be broken,
that cannot seem to give.
And the soul afraid of dying,
that never learns to live."

[Sistersteel]

Do not judge your neighbor until you walk Two moons in his moccasins.

[Sistersteel]

The easiest thing to be in the world is you.
The most difficult thing to be is what other people want you to be.

[Sistersteel]

Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections. - Author Unknown

"Never miss an opportunity to make others happy, even if you have to leave them alone to do it."

[Sistersteel]

A quarrel is like buttermilk:
Once it's out of the churn,
The more you shake it,
The more sour it grows.

[Sistersteel]

One of life's gifts is that each of us, no matter how tired and downtrodden, finds reasons for thankfulness.

[Sistersteel]

Never let today's burden erase yesterday's blessing.

[Sistersteel]

Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself.

[Sistersteel]

It's not old behavior if I'm still doing it


When I was new, I didn't think I had any obsessions, until I started
thinking about it. Then it was all I could think about.


I allow God to enter my life today

[Sistersteel]

Yesterday is history, Tomorrow is a mystery, Today is a gift. That's why it is called the present.

-Unknown

[Sistersteel]

Learning something means nothing if you don't do something with it.

[Sistersteel]

It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out--it's the grain of sand in your shoe.

[Sistersteel]

People are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges.

[Sistersteel]

Hate is like acid. It can damage the vessel in which it is stored as well as destroy the object on which it is poured.

[Sistersteel]

Adversity is another way to measure the greatness of individuals. I never had a crisis that didn't make me stronger.

[Sistersteel]

When I stand before God at the end of my life,

I would hope that I would not have a single bit

of talent left, and could say, "I used everything

you gave me."

[Sistersteel]

Those who say they will forgive but can't forget, simply bury the hatchet
but leave the handle out for immediate use.

[Sistersteel]

The only people you should ever want to get "even" with are those who have helped you.

[Sistersteel]

Nothing lasts for ever --- not even your troubles.

[Sistersteel]

The only use of an obstacle is to be overcome. All that an obstacle does with brave men is, not to frighten them, but to challenge them.

[Sistersteel]

We must accept finite disappointment, but we must never lose infinite hope. --Martin Luther King Jr.

[Sistersteel]

Look outward and be distressed,
Look inward and be depressed,
Look upward and be at rest.

[MRT]

I'll fuck you till u love me faggot
- Micheal Gerard Tyson

[Sistersteel]

The worst loneliness is not to be comfortable with yourself.
~ Mark Twain

[Sistersteel]

Pray not for lighter burdens but for stronger backs.
~ Theodore Roosevelt

[Sistersteel]

Know God....Know Peace

no God....no Peace

[Sistersteel]

The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.

[Sistersteel]

You'll never plow a field by turning it over in your mind.

You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was.

[Sistersteel]

All beginnings require that you unlock a new door.

Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav

[Sistersteel]

It is one of the most beautiful compensations of this life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.

[Sistersteel]

"When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on."
– Franklin Delano Roosevelt

[Sistersteel]

When life gives you lemons...It is time to make lemonade.

"How wonderful it is, how pleasant, for God's people to live together in harmony!"
Psalm 133:1

[Sistersteel]

Below is a wonderful poem Audrey Hepburn wrote when asked to share her "beauty tips." It was read at her funeral years later.

For attractive lips, speak words of kindness..
For lovely eyes , seek out the good in people.
For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry.
For beautiful hair, let a child run his/her fingers through it once a day.
For poise, walk with the knowledge that you never walk alone..
People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out anyone.
Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you will find one at the end of each of your arms.
As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands ! ; one for helping yourself, and the other for helping others.

[Sistersteel]

Be nice and smile to everyone you meet. You don't know what they are going through, and they may need that smile, and treasure it.

[Sistersteel]

Speak when you're angry, and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret.

[Sistersteel]

"For fast acting relief, try slowing down."

[Sistersteel]

An attitude of gratitude creates blessings.

[Sistersteel]

Feeling gratitude and not expressing it, is like wrapping a present and not giving it.

[Sistersteel]

I am too blessed to be stressed!

[Sistersteel]

There is so much good in the worst of us,
And so much bad in the best of us,
that it hardly behooves any of us to talk about the rest of us.

[Sistersteel]

"Facing it — always facing it — that's the way to get through. Face it!"
– Joseph Conrad

[Sistersteel]

If God brings us to it..He will bring us through it.

[Sistersteel]

Wear a smile and have friends;
wear a scowl and have wrinkles.
What do we live for if not to make
The world less difficult for each other?

George Eliot

[Sistersteel]

The principles you live by create the world you live in;
if you change the principles you live by,
you will change your world.
Blaine Lee


You create your thoughts.
Your thoughts create your intentions.
Your intentions create your reality.
Dr. Wayne Dyer


What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
John Lubbock


The brook would lose its song
if we removed the rocks.

The ultimate lesson all of us have is unconditional love,
which includes not only others but ourselves as well.
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross


Saying Hello to the unknown takes faith.
Saying Goodbye to the familiar takes courage.


Now it is time for us to focus on what happens next.
The more we delve into how we got where we are,
the more we stay where we were.
The more we analyze what is not working, the more things do not work.
And the more we consider how we would like it to be,
the more things become as we would have them.
The choice is ours.
Alan Cohen


We come equipped with everything we need to experience a
powerful life full of joy, incredible passion, and profound peace.
The difficult part is giving ourselves permission to live it.
Deborah Rosado Shaw

[Sistersteel]

"Watch your thoughts; they become words.
Watch your words; they become actions.
Watch your actions, they become habits.
Watch your habits, they become character.
Watch your character; it becomes your destiny."

[Sistersteel]

You can start finding your own divine love when you start loving others.
But that doesn't count until you can love yourself.
John-Roger


You see the glass half empty, or you can see it half full."
You can focus on what's wrong in your life,
or you can focus on what's right.
But whatever you focus on, you're going to get more of.
Creation is an extension of thought.
Think lack, and you get lack.
Think abundance, and you get more.
Marianne Williamson

God is ready the moment you are.
Emmet Fox


The beginning of love is
to let those we love be perfectly themselves
and not to twist them to fit our own image.


We don't receive wisdom;
we must discover it for ourselves after a journey
that no one can take for us or spare us.
Proust


Change is what happens when the pain of holding on
becomes greater than the fear of Letting Go.


Let us not look back in anger,
nor forward in fear,
but around us in awareness.
James Thurber


It's never too late to have a happy childhood.
Wayne Dyer


Joy is what happens when we allow ourselves to recognize
how good things really are.
Marianne Williamson

[Sistersteel]

When we avoid the legitimate suffering that results
from dealing with problems, we also avoid the growth
that problems demand from us.
Scott Peck


You must change in order to survive.
Pearl Bailey


Each day comes bearing its own gifts. Untie the ribbons.
Ruth Ann Schabaker


It takes as much courage to have tried and failed
as it does to have tried and succeeded.
Anne Morrow Lindbergh


To whom much is given,
much is required.


You can't think your way into right living...
you have to live your way into right thinking.

[BigAl33]

Mile by mile, life's a trial. Yard by yard, it's not so hard. Inch by inch, it's a cinch.

Take it easy.

[BigAl33]

Lets all die empty and not rob the earth of the wealth we carry to the grave.

[Bubba Bronko]

No matter how much you think you suffer, how much you think you sacrifice; there are thousands of others who have suffered more, given more.

[Bubba Bronko]

Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.

[Bubba Bronko]

The difference between the possible and the impossible lies in the man’s determination.

[Bubba Bronko]

You can do anything you want to do if you really put your heart, soul and mind into it.

[Bubba Bronko]

To succeed in life one must have determination and must be prepared to suffer during the process. If one isn’t prepared to suffer during adversities, I don’t really see how he can be successful.

[AUXeSIS]

“Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.”


Arnold

[BigAl33]

Life is hard. Nobody gets out alive. Make the best of it with the time you got...

[cgp10]

"Move a muscle, change a thought".

I'll never forgot my first few weeks living in a half way house. It was like I came out of a 15 year black out. So depressed I could barely move.
Owner of the house came to visit me. That quote is what he said to me. Sounds so simple and maybe even silly to someone who's never been in that position.

[cgp10]

This is my all time favorite:

TWO DAYS IN A WEEK NOT TO WORRY
There are two days in every week about which we should not worry,
two days which should be kept free from fear and apprehension.
One of these days is Yesterday with all its mistakes and cares,
its faults and blunders, its aches and pains.
Yesterday has passed forever beyond our control.
All the money in the world cannot bring back Yesterday.
We cannot undo a single act we performed; we cannot erase a single word we said. Yesterday is gone forever.
The other day we should not worry about is Tomorrow
with all its possible adversities, its burdens, its large promise and its poor performance;
Tomorrow is also beyond our immediate control.
Tomorrow’s sun will rise,
either in splendor or behind a mask of clouds, but it will rise.
Until it does, we have no stake in Tomorrow,
for it is yet to be born.
This leaves only one day, Today.
Any person can fight the battle of just one day.
It is when you and I add the burdens of those two awful eternities
Yesterday and Tomorrow that we break down.
It is not the experience of Today that drives a person mad,
it is the remorse or bitterness of something
which happened Yesterday and the dread of what
Tomorrow may bring.
Let us, therefore,
Live but one day at a time.
Today
Live it to the fullest

[msfit]

How can you ever walk forward if you always have one foot kicking yourself in your ass?
LEARN FROM IT AND, LET IT GO!

[Sistersteel]

this is my all time favorite:

two days in a week not to worry
there are two days in every week about which we should not worry,
two days which should be kept free from fear and apprehension.
one of these days is yesterday with all its mistakes and cares,
its faults and blunders, its aches and pains.
yesterday has passed forever beyond our control.
All the money in the world cannot bring back yesterday.
we cannot undo a single act we performed; we cannot erase a single word we said. Yesterday is gone forever.
the other day we should not worry about is tomorrow
with all its possible adversities, its burdens, its large promise and its poor performance;
tomorrow is also beyond our immediate control.
tomorrow’s sun will rise,
either in splendor or behind a mask of clouds, but it will rise.
Until it does, we have no stake in tomorrow,
for it is yet to be born.
this leaves only one day, today.
Any person can fight the battle of just one day.
It is when you and i add the burdens of those two awful eternities
yesterday and tomorrow that we break down.
it is not the experience of today that drives a person mad,
it is the remorse or bitterness of something
which happened yesterday and the dread of what
tomorrow may bring.
let us, therefore,
live but one day at a time.
today
live it to the fullest

i love it!! That was fantastic! Thank you for sharing that!!!

[Sistersteel]

Heard this at my morning meeting:

"Our brakes leak and we need to fill up on the message on a daily basis."

[Sistersteel]

Haven't heard this one in a while:

A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.

-Chinese Proverb

[cgp10]

i love it!! That was fantastic! Thank you for sharing that!!!

I'm glad you like it. Like I said it's my favorite.

Did you start this section on recovery? How long has this section been up?

[Sistersteel]

I'm glad you like it. Like I said it's my favorite.

Did you start this section on recovery? How long has this section been up?



Yes. I approached The owner's with the idea and they created it for me. I am very grateful to be able to contribute and share with everyone. Very happy to have you guys here!


SS

[AUXeSIS]

Yes. I approached The owner's with the idea and they created it for me. I am very grateful to be able to contribute and share with everyone. Very happy to have you guys here!


SS


...and you're doing a great job Sister, I love coming here for my daily dose!

[cgp10]

Yes. I approached The owner's with the idea and they created it for me. I am very grateful to be able to contribute and share with everyone. Very happy to have you guys here!


SS

Many thanks to you, john and dave. Next time I see Dave at a show I will be sure to tell him how much I appreciate it.

[Sistersteel]

Many thanks to you, john and dave. Next time I see Dave at a show I will be sure to tell him how much I appreciate it.

That would be lovely :)

[razorsedge]

A resentment is where you take the poison and wait for
the other guy to die.
There is no disadvantage to having too many friends.
The key to personal happiness is helping others.

[Sistersteel]

"Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself."

George Bernard Shaw

[Sistersteel]

It has been my expereince that one stumbles across life's most profound lessons in the most unexpected places.

[Sistersteel]

Look for Similarities instead of Differences.