Sober Quotes

• I feel very positive where I never did before, and I think that's all a direct result of getting sober.

  Jamie Lee Curtis

  Recovery, Thinking, Results

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• Affliction comes to us, not to make us sad but sober; not to make us sorry but wise.

  H. G. Wells

  Wise, Sorry, War

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  Often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.

  Helen Keller

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  Helen Keller (2000). “To Love this Life: Quotations”, p.25, American Foundation for the Blind

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• I personally believe this: We have only today; yesterday's gone and tomorrow is uncertain. That's why they call it the present. And sobriety really is a gift... for those who are willing to receive it.

  Ace Frehley

  Inspirational, Believe, Yesterday

  Ace Frehley, Joe Layden, John Ostrosky (2011). “No Regrets”, p.296, Simon and Schuster

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• The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Life, Religious, Atheist

  George Bernard Shaw (1993). “The Complete Prefaces: 1914-1929”, Viking Adult

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• Waking up sober is a good day. I love being able to wake up and do positive things, to go to the gym.

  Rodney King

  Good Day, Sober Up, Wake Up

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Be sober, and to doubt prepense,
  These are the sinews of good sense.

  Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet

  Doubt, Good Sense

  "Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations". Book compiled by Kate Louise Roberts, www.bartleby.com. 1922.

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• Now I am sober and there's only the hangover and the memory of love.

  Rumi

  Memories, Hangover, Drunkenness

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• Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Health, Frugal, Studious

  Benjamin Franklin, Henry Stueber (1815*). “The Life and Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin”, p.210

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• Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day-in and day-out.

  Robert Collier

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  Robert Collier (2013). “Riches Within Your Reach”, p.188, Simon and Schuster

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• Better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian.

  Herman Melville

  Inspirational, Christian, Drinking

  Moby Dick ch. 3 (1851)

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• Humanity has advanced, when it has advanced, not because it has been sober, responsible, and cautious, but because it has been playful, rebellious, and immature.

  Tom Robbins

  Fun, Adventure, Destiny

  Tom Robbins (2003). “Still Life with Woodpecker”, p.19, Bantam

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  Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut.

  Ernest Hemingway

  Funny, Witty, Clever

  Ernest Hemingway (2008). “The Good Life According to Hemingway”, Ecco

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• I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly.

  Winston Churchill

  Funny, Beauty, Sarcastic

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• Getting sober was one of the three pivotal events in my life, along with becoming an actor and having a child. Of the three, finding my sobriety was the hardest thing.

  Gary Oldman

  Inspirational, Children, Recovery

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• Almost nobody dances sober, unless they happen to be insane.

  H. P. Lovecraft

  Life, Drinking, Dancing

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• When you stand and overcome a significant setback, you'll find an increasing inner confidence and self-assurance that has been created by conquering defeat. Absorbing and overcoming this kind of punishment engenders a sober, steely toughness that results in a hardened sense of independence and a personal belief that you can take on anything, survive and win.

  Bill Walsh

  Winning, Self, Punishment

  Bill Walsh, Steve Jamison, Craig Walsh (2009). “The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership”, p.32, Penguin

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• Liberty and democracy are eternal enemies, and every one knows it who has ever given any sober reflection to the matter.

  H. L. Mencken

  Reflection, Enemy, Democracy

  "Liberty and Democracy". Baltimore Evening Sun (April 13, 1925) as quoted in "A Second Mencken Chrestomathy: A New Selection from the Writings of America's Legendary Editor, Critic, and Wit" edited by Terry Teachout (p. 35), 1994.

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• Getting sober was the single bravest thing I've ever done and will ever do in my life.

  Jamie Lee Curtis

  Done, Getting Sober

  "'It's Time for a Change'". Interview with Cortney Pellettieri, www.goodhousekeeping.com. September 4, 2012.

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• A sober man may become a drunkard through being a coward. A brave man may become a coward through being a drunkard.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Men, Brave, Coward

  "Charles Dickens: A Critical Study". Book by G. K. Chesterton, 1906.

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• I got sober. I stopped killing myself with alcohol. I began to think: 'Wait a minute - if I can stop doing this, what are the possibilities?' And slowly it dawned on me that it was maybe worth the risk.

  Craig Ferguson

  Recovery, Thinking, Addiction

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• Getting sober just exploded my life. Now I have a much clearer sense of myself and what I can and can't do. I am more successful than I have ever been. I feel very positive where I never did before, and I think that's all a direct result of getting sober.

  Jamie Lee Curtis

  Successful, Thinking, Results

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• Sober up, and you see and hear everything you'd been able to avoid hearing before.

  Sammy Davis, Jr.

  Recovery, Sober Up, Able

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  Alcohol may be man's worst enemy, but the bible says love your enemy.

  Frank Sinatra

  Love, Bible, Sarcastic

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• I am sick and tired of being sick and tired.

  Fannie Lou Hamer

  Recovery, Tired, Health

  "'I Question America' — Remembering Fannie Lou Hamer’s Famous Speech 50 Years Ago" by Peter Dreier, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 26, 2014.

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