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“Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism.”

“Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections.”

“Each generation has to stand up for democracy. It can't take anything for granted and may have to fight fundamental battles anew.”

“For all sad words of tongue and pen, The saddest are these, 'It might have been'.”

“Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark in the hopeless swamps of the not-quite, the not-yet, and the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish in lonely frustration for the life you deserved and have never been able to reach. The world you desire can be won. It exists.. it is real.. it is possible.. it's yours.”

“Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.”

“Determine that the thing can and shall be done and then... find the way.”

“The world you desire can be won, it exists, it is real, it is possible, it is yours.”

“Alcohol ruined me financially and morally, broke my heart and the hearts of too many others. Even though it did this to me and it almost killed me and I haven't touched a drop of it in seventeen years, sometimes I wonder if I could get away with drinking some now. I totally subscribe to the notion that alcoholism is a mental illness because thinking like that is clearly insane.”

“And so rock bottom became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.”

“Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.”

“Do not let the hero in your soul perish.”

“Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them -- every day begin the task anew.”

“I understood, through rehab, things about creating characters. I understood that creating whole people means knowing where we come from, how we can make a mistake and how we overcome things to make ourselves stronger.”

“You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.”

“Decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it.”

“Do not let your fire go out.”

“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.”

“Do not let the hero in your soul perish in lonely frustration for the life you deserved and have never been able to reach.”