Hope Quotes to Recover from an Eating Disorder

Find Motivational and Inspirational Words Below for Living Life Full

May 19, 2006 Lori Henry

During hard times, hope quotes can help those who want to recover from an eating disorder like anorexia, bulimia, binge eating or EDNOS.

Let the below hope quotes inspire and motivate you to live your life more fully. They were gathered when I was recovering from an eating disorder and they helped me get through.

"The purpose of life, after all, is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

"We don't see things are they are, we see them as we are."

- Anaïs Nin

"And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more."

- Erica Jong

"When I'm pushing myself, testing myself, that's when I'm happiest. That's when the rewards are greatest."

- Sissy Spacek

"I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it."

- Rita Mae Brown

"If one is a Greyhound, why try to look like a Pekinese?"

- Edith Sitwell

"It's possible to have it all... but not all at once."

- Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey

"If anyone were to ask me what I want out of life I would say- the opportunity for doing something useful, for in no other way, I am convinced, can true happiness be attained."

- Eleanor Roosevelt

"It matters more what's in a woman's face than what's on it."

- Claudette Colbert

"Trouble is part of your life, and if you don't share it, you don't give the [people] who love you enough chance to love you enough."

- Dinah Shore

"It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, [but] it is impossible to find it elsewhere."

- Agnes Repplier

"It is time for every one of us to roll up our sleeves and ut ourselves at the top of our commitment list."

- Marian Wright Edelman

"Go within everyday and find the inner strength so that the world will not blow your candle out."

- Katherine Dunham

"You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm."

- Collette

"By very slow degrees, and with frequent relapses, that alarmed and grieved my friend, I recovered."

- Mary Shelley (from Frankenstein)

"When you love your body, you are most able to share its pleasures with those who light your heart."

- Huitaco

"Life itself is the proper binge."

- Julia Child

Please add your own hope quotes below to inspire and motivate others.

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May 22, 2006 10:25 AM

sharon moleski :

“When we walk to the edge of the light we have and take a step into the darkness of the unknown we must believe one of two things will happen: there will be something solid for us to stand on or we will be taught to fly.”
- Claire Morris

May 22, 2006 2:48 PM

Lori Henry :

Here's another one of my favourites:
“We compliment weight loss, monitor our appetites, and shrink ourselves to fit some kind of standard. I wish we could all be the size we actually are. One size doesn’t fit all because there are as many sizes as there are women. Let’s look closer at the size of our hearts, the width of our souls, and the length of our spirits.”
- SARK

Jun 26, 2009 12:20 PM

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Kailee Favaro:

"Living in perfection isn't really living at all. To enjoy life and to take in the happiness around you, you need to let go of the perfection and hold on to what really matters. Maybe then, the pain will subside and the constant thoughts of weight and food won't always be with you. Maybe you can be happy." -Kailee Favaro

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