Recovery quotes
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"Do not let your fire go out ... Do not let the Hero in your soul perish ... Check your road and the nature of your battle. The world you desired can be won. It exists, it is real, it is possible, it is yours."
"I have witnessed first-hand how the power of sport can positively impact the lives of wounded, injured and sick servicemen and women in their journey of recovery. The Invictus Games will focus on what they can achieve post-injury and celebrate their fighting spirit, through an inclusive sporting competition that recognises the sacrifice they have made. I am extremely proud that we are bringing an event like this to the UK for the first time and believe it can have a long-lasting impact on the well-being of those who have served their nations so bravely."
"Do not let your fire go out."
"If you look at the fact that the best chance we have for a good economy is the private sector. The government cannot create jobs. If the government could create jobs, then Communism would have worked. But didn't work. So what we have to do is allow the private sector and the entrepreneurial spirit to lead us back to a job-filled recovery."
"You do anything long enough to escape the habit of living until the escape becomes the habit."
"Part of recovery is relapse. I dust myself off and move forward again."
"There must be a beginning of any great matter, but the continuing unto the end until it be thoroughly finished yields the true glory."
"Your life is the fruit of your own doing. You have no one to blame but yourself."
"You become what you behold."
"Masters runners fare best when they designate every third week as a recovery week."
"A slip of the foot you may soon recover, but a slip of the tongue you may never get over."
"Pause and remember - Every single event in your life, especially the difficult lessons, have made you smarter, stronger, and wiser than you were yesterday. Be thankful!"
"Do not wait; the time will never be "just right." Start where you stand & work with whatever tools you may have."
"Determine that the thing can and shall be done and then... find the way."
"Pause and remember - No one is coming to rescue you from yourself; your inner demons, your lack of confidence, your dissatisfaction with yourself and life. Only self-love and good decisions will rescue you."
"Each day the world is born anew for him who takes it rightly."
"What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from."
"Whether you sniff it smoke it eat it or shove it up your ass the result is the same: addiction."
"That's all drugs and alcohol do, they cut off your emotions in the end."
"Just a reminder, what other people think of you is none of your business."
