Love Recovery Quotes

#1. Consider letting go of the barriers between yourself and others, let go of the definition our culture has inflicted upon us and allow the best part of ourselves to connect with the wondrous parts of others. Allow yourself to connect in a deeper and more profound way.

David W. Earle

#2. Many of the habits of dysfunctional families use are not from the lack of love but are the result of fear. Knowing the love-limiting habits and behaviors of dysfunctional families is a wonderful beginning to lower the fear, allowing us to be real, allowing us all to learn how to love better.

David W. Earle

#3. Every pain, addiction, anguish, longing, depression, anger or fear
is an orphaned part of us
seeking joy,
some disowned shadow
wanting to return
to the light
and home
of ourselves.

Jacob Nordby

#4. The best gift you can give, besides your unconditional love, is to be strong for them when they are present and stronger for yourself when they are not!

David H. Cooke

#5. Looking For Love and Looking In All The Wrong Places

Gordon Rouston

#6. I won't be mad at you because you gave me something no one else has: the ability to live even when I thought I was dead.

Alexandria Hampton

#7. God wants you to be truthful and humble to yourself and others. He made you good and industrious, but you can't benefit from it if you always stumble on pride.

Stevan V. Nikolic

#8. The strange part about a person's lack of trust is that it often comes from not trusting themselves.

David W. Earle

#9. I eye 'Modern Love' warily between that second and third cup of coffee on Sunday mornings, calculating how much of a push I need to get through the day's unhurriedly earnest saga of heartbreak and recovery.

Sandra Tsing Loh

#10. One way [to recovery] would be by creating the best possible romance book or happy ending scenario for you ... out od your own experience. Another way would be to look at it as it is: a wake-up call to action to create a more humane world, without discrimination and sexism.

Elina Juusola

#11. They sought the pain they knew so well and called it love.

David W. Earle

#12. Love is a mutual self-giving which ends in self-recovery.

Fulton J. Sheen

#13. Don't be overly proud of your accomplishments and success. Recovery is never complete. You 're engaged in a life-long process. Continue each day to love and serve God with humility

Binye Vincent

#14. Children have empty erasable white boards upon which big people write indelibly imprinted messages into their tender subconscious minds.

David W. Earle

#15. I would love to live free of the fear and sadness and real desperation that I think the effect of childbirth has on women, especially because we are expected to be so concerned by 'recovery' from childbirth.

Romola Garai

#16. Sometimes, he thought of himself as an elephant walking through the china store, breaking everything in his path and still expecting people not to be angry with the damage he made, but rather to admire his strength and his endurance.

Stevan V. Nikolic

#17. My story testifies to the truth that we must never give up on people, no matter how many times they fail or how long recovery takes. We must never underestimate the healing power of prayer and love in the hands of the Lord. We must never give up hope.

Walt Heyer

#18. Swirling in a squirrel cage of perpetual motion, the head-committee meets, argues, votes out the guidance available from emotions, and successfully keeps serenity at bay and chaos close at hand.

David W. Earle

#19. I felt utterly stripped of safety and love. And so, what tormented me most as I shook through August of 1988 wasn't the nausea and chills but the recurring fear that I'd never have lasting comfort or joy again.

Maia Szalavitz

#20. 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.

Jennifer Young

#21. The more dysfunctional, the more some family members seek to control the behavior of others.

David W. Earle

#22. What a recovery of the wisdom of the Mother brings to all of us is the knowledge of inseparable connection with the entire creation and the wise, active love that is born from that knowledge.

Andrew Harvey

#23. The only person
You shouldn't be able
To live without
Is you.

Chris Mc Geown

#24. Change is threatening to the status quo.

David W. Earle

#25. The more judgmental a person is the sadder they are.

David W. Earle

#26. I saw the apartment almost as a sanatorium, a hospice clinic for my own recovery. I painted the walls in the warmest colors I could find and bought myself flowers every week, as if I were visiting myself in the hospital.

Elizabeth Gilbert

#27. Sitting on the hot seat of change requires much courage, patience, and persistence.

David W. Earle

#28. Given love and opportunity, every child and adult can recover. All who know this and have the capacity to help others should assist as they can.

Dallin H. Oaks

#29. Teenagers can spot hypocrisy a mile away and here I was telling them how to cope when they witnessed the shambles of my own life and how I was living.

David W. Earle

#30. I wanted to say all these things about how you just have to hold on to the things you love and let go of all the rest.

Charlotte Eriksson

#31. I am small.
So are stars from a distance. It's all a matter of perspective.

C. Kennedy

#32. Healing isn't just about pain. It's about learning to love yourself. As you move from feeling like a victim to being a proud survivor, you will have glimmers of hope, pride and satisfaction. Those are natural by-products of healing.

Ellen Bass

#33. In my view, compassion takes empathy to another level. With compassion, there is an internal calling to move empathy into action. Compassion is love in action.

Christopher Dines

#34. I have a very ecumenical faith. I have a very inclusive faith. There's a quote I love from recovery literature that says, "The realm of the spirit is roomy and broad. It is open to all." I've absolutely staked my life on that.

Ashley Judd

#35. When you wear a mask, you are not real.

David W. Earle

#36. The phenomenal success of the recovery movement reflects two simple truths that emerge in adolescence: all people love to talk about themselves, and most people are mad at their parents. You don't have to be in denial to doubt that truths like these will set us free.

Wendy Kaminer

#37. Healing from an eating disorder is a personal journey - the medicine is whatever reminds you that you do in fact want to live, and that you are worthy and capable of love.

Shannon Kopp

#38. Shame is a powerful feeling. There is a tremendous difference between making a mistake and believing you are a mistake...If I don't see myself as being a mistake then it is I who must take responsibility and I am not ready to accept that.

David W. Earle

#39. When I learned about the gray existing between the black and white of absolute terms, I began to experience more peace. The more I expanded my gray areas (more than 50 shades), the more peace I experienced in my life.

David W. Earle

#40. Love yourself unconditionally.Do what you love to do.Be grateful for what you do have.Happiness is an attitude of gratitude.Love all of life.

Jan Porter

#41. Reality may not be what you want it to be, but it is the reality you now must face. You can deny this reality and try to wish it away, or you can accept it and not waste any energy on wanting it to be different.

David W. Earle

#42. I lost myself in the burden of trying to be your savior.

Alexandria Hampton

#43. If you are looking for love under rocks or bringing home water moccasins, you might be confusing love and pain.

David W. Earle

#44. What are humans meant to do; why are we here? Are we a mutation on the earth destroying its host? Are we a cancer destined to kill what supports us? I think not. So exploring this question is a powerful exercise in meaning; what is the meaning of human existence?

David W. Earle

#45. I am not a broken heart,
and I am not your fault.

Charlotte Eriksson

#46. It is one thing to know about your dysfunctional habits but quite another to change them.

David W. Earle

#47. Even when everything hurts, even when other cities are exploding and people we love are disappearing, there's still space for sweet things.

Corey Ann Haydu

#48. We only hurt others because we don't love ourselves. Learning to truly love yourself changes your relationship with everyone.

Bryant H. McGill

#49. People don't need to be forced to grow. All we need is favorable circumstances: respect, love, honesty, and the space to explore.

Ellen Bass

#50. People pay a dear price when not dealing with the powerful emotions.

David W. Earle

#51. Sometimes I struggle. Sometimes I falter. Sometimes I live in gray. But always I remember the yarrow you've grown in the spaces of my rib cage. I now love with roses from my heart, with lilacs from my mouth.

Elijah Noble El

#52. Honoring your word is the fiber from which trust is built.

David W. Earle

#53. Always love, always encourage, and never let despair get in the way.

Super Star

#54. When we leave this life, we only get to take two things: the love we received and the lessons we learned.

David W. Earle

#55. I love like a beaten child and I trust like an addict.

Kris Kidd

#56. The more severe the dysfunction you experienced growing up, the more difficult boundaries are for you.

David W. Earle

#57. Man and man's earth are unexhausted and undiscovered. Wake and listen! Verily, the earth shall yet be a source of recovery. Remain faithful to the earth, with the power of your virtue. Let your gift-giving love and your knowledge serve the meaning of the earth.

Friedrich Nietzsche

#58. Black and white thinking limits understanding and feedback, two necessary ingredients for successful resolution in creative conflict and successful understanding.

David W. Earle

#59. ...the state of perfection is an elusive goal; demanding something so obscure as almost unattainable and can become a compulsive, crazy making squirrel-on-a-wheel way of living.

David W. Earle

#60. I started off thinking Eminem was a flash in the pan, a kind of hip-hop Hanson brother. How wrong I was. Recovery is sometimes funny, sometimes terrible, always painfully honest. The matching of Eminem and Rihanna on "Love the Way You Lie" is pure genius. "Not Afraid" is pretty great too.

Stephen King

#61. He answered the phone to his daughter with a broken but joyous heart, ready to speak with her of astonishment and wonder.

Patrick Ness

#62. Giving saves lives. Especially the giver's.

Shannon Kopp

#63. This imbalance causes resentments within the over-responsible and dependency with the irresponsible person and this dynamic becomes the destructive life-pattern not conducive to happy families.

David W. Earle

#64. The fact that I didn't even love myself was just enough to know it's time to change. I accept that not many are able to help, let alone, understand the troubles that lie within.

H.M. Gautsch

#65. Why do you want so much this new beginning? Do you think the new beginning will postpone the end? Are you afraid of the end? Are you afraid of death Michael?" (Ch.35)

Stevan V. Nikolic

#66. Love taught me to die with dignity that I might come forth anew in splendor. Born once of flesh, then again of fire, I was reborn a third time to the sound of my name humming haikus in heaven's mouth.

Aberjhani

#67. No one is entitled to anything. Everything we get in this life we have worked for. And sometimes we take on baggage we never even signed up for, but that dosen't mean you deserve it. I wake up everyday wishing I could change things, but I can't change past. All I can do is change the future.

E.M. Youman

#68. Persons who have no desire to live have a very slight chance of recovery. We can continue to extend to them our love, sympathy, and prayers; but ultimately we must respect a person's decision to die.

Michio Kushi

#69. When one person attempts to "fix it" for the other person, the connection of acceptance is snapped and the sender and receiver miss an opportunity for understanding.

David W. Earle

#70. When someone obtains peace and serenity, this shines a bright spotlight on others' own unhappiness making their discomfort even more apparent.

David W. Earle

#71. Wounded parents often unintentionally inflict pain and suffering on their children and these childhood wounds causes a laundry list of maladaptive behaviors commonly called codependency. These habits restrict people to love-limiting relationships causing much unhappiness and distress.

David W. Earle

#72. Being able to say, "No," is a necessary ingredient in a healthy lifestyle.

David W. Earle

#73. These kisses hurt--not from roughness, but because she could feel all his pain.

Jamie Beck

#74. First Embody the Emptiness of Silence
Next Embody the Fullness of Honesty & Love
Thus Be Heaven
Sage Hope (Omid Mankoo) SH ...

Omid Mankoo

#75. Everyone needs a place to be honest.

David W. Earle

#76. Searching for a mind long lost I found it shaping colors and history near the cliffs of your heart.

Aberjhani

#77. I've been married but I'm not anymore. And I still believe in love.

Nick Saint Clair

#78. Putting labels on others creates a black hole of disregard where judgment thrives and schisms deepen.

David W. Earle

#79. Only love can neutralize shame.

Omar Manejwala

#80. Often self-love is replaced with self- loathing, compounded by beating ourselves up. We become experts at putting ourselves down, judging ourselves, and finding fault. This creates deep shame that says "I am a mistake" instead of saying "I made a mistake.

David W. Earle

#81. Others hide from being real by filling the air with words; the more words they throw out, the less actual communication happens and they are left with only an illusion of connection. This is the intimacy they so ardently seek but with these coping skills find so elusive.

David W. Earle

#82. But undying memories stood like sentinels in her breast. When the notes of doves, calling to each other, fell on her ear, her eyes sought the sky, and she heard a voice saying, Majella!

Helen Hunt Jackson

#83. Always allow your childlike wonder, joy, gratitude, love and laughter to serve as your own soul's tool kit for life's most difficult challenges.

Jan Porter