Sobriety Quotes
It is most absurdly said, in popular language, of any man, that he is disguised in liquor; for, on the contrary, most men are disguised by sobriety.
The capacity for emotional sobriety belongs to everybody in the human family and leads to a fully human response to the adventure and goodness of the gift of human life.
Critical sobriety is out of the question so long as this master of terror-in-the-commonplace exerts his spell.
My sobriety isn't up for discussion, but as for vices, I seem to hack away at them with my invisible machete from dawn till dusk. The vice of 'more' is an ongoing theme.
Modesty and humility are the sobriety of the mind, as temperance and chastity are of the body.
I have other obligations now - the show, my family, my life... though I know that without my sobriety I wouldn't have any of those things.
The experienced pastor will recognize to which situation humor belongs and to which belongs sobriety.
My goal is to make something special and pure, and that keeps me going, keeps me busy on the path of sobriety.
Moderation is like sobriety: you would like to have some more, but are afraid of making yourself ill.
Sobriety itself is today's high, for it is ultimately in the most centered consciousness that we find our power to transcend the world.
I'm pretty confident about my sobriety, but I don't want to get too confident because that's when I'll crash.
I wrote this book to show you that a cure is entirely possible because I've seen it happen over and over again.
You don't have to make it big, but you do have to make a big impact.
I desire to see the time when education, and by its means, morality, sobriety, enterprise and industry shall become much more general than at present.
When a feminist as strident as Garofalo is defending the Hussein regime, you have to wonder if her newfound sobriety has hit a rough patch.
Sobriety is okay enough," Denny says, "but someday, I'd like to live a life based on doing good stuff instead of just not doing bad stuff. You know?
Johnny Hart became much less funny after he found sobriety, and religion, around the same time.
Obviously it's fun to let yourself go and eat a pint of Haagen Dazs, but being healthy feels the best. Sobriety and health is the greatest thing.
I think your resources are feeling. Your resources are depth. Your resources are learning. Your resources are touching and feeling. And for me, sobriety helps and aids all of that.
A state of temperance, sobriety and justice without devotion is a cold, lifeless, insipid condition of virtue, and is rather to be styled philosophy than religion.
One thing I learned in sobriety is to stop being judgmental, to always be discerning. When I drive, that will be my bumper sticker.
I know I haven't much sense or sobriety, but I've got what is ever so much better — the knack of making people like me.
It goes without saying that moderation and sobriety are of the very essence of vow-taking.
I'm making plans to go away for a month to focus on my sobriety and to continue my life in recovery. Please enjoy making fun of me on the world wide web.
The Democrats have to be stopped and that's going to be what ultimately brings us everybody back to sobriety here.
Sobriety diminishes, discriminates, and says no; drunkenness expands, unites, and says yes. Not through mere perversity do men run after it.
Beware the deadly fumes of that insane elation Which rises from the cup of mad impiety, And go, get drunk with that divine intoxication Which is more sober far than all sobriety.
Better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunk Christian.
It is the tendency of deep feeling to subdue the manner rather than to render it too energetic.
Disillusioned, people simply carried out their work as intended, drinking away sobriety at the end of each hard shift and repeating the process until death.
Speaking a painful truth should be done only in love - like wielding a sword with no hilt - it should pain oneself in direct proportion to the amount of force exerted.
Not being a man of means, I knew that if I did not stay sober enough to earn money, I would run out of liquor.
Ô, wine!, the truth-serum so potent that all those who wish to live happy lives should abstain from drinking it entirely!... except of course when they are alone.
I had sent her to four consecutive psychiatrists, and not one of them had gotten me sober.
Believe that is cure is possible for you. Discover and heal the underlying causes with a holistic recovery program. Adopt a philosophy based on what is true in the Universe.
achieving true sobriety goes beyond abstinence. it's also about healing your soul, apologizing for damage you did to other, and seeking forgiveness.
