Awareness Quotes

"Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean it is not real?"

- Albus Dumbledore

"Like, at first it’s fine and you think you have a dark side – it’s exciting – and then you realize the dark side wins every time if you decide to indulge in it."

- Lana Del Rey

"I don't drink or do drugs anymore. I realized I wasn't going to live up to my potential, and that scared the hell out of me. I thought, 'Wow, I'm actually gonna ruin my life. I'm really gonna ruin it.’"

- Bradley Cooper

"The problem of alcohol is, it’s just too easy. It’s everywhere. At least hard drugs, you have to have a dealer. All I know is, I could feel its presence in an ominous, daunting way that was preventing me from being my higher self."

- Ben Harper

"When I was growing up, when I thought of an alcoholic, I thought of some toothless old guy in a trench coat in a basement somewhere. I just never thought that would apply to me. That type of stigma kept me from getting the help that I needed when I knew I needed it."

- Joe Manganiello

"Alcoholism is a devastating, potentially fatal disease. The primary symptom of having it is telling everyone--including yourself—that you are not an alcoholic."

- Herbert L. Gravitz & Julie D. Bowden

"For people who drink too much, the problem isn't really about booze. It's about an inability to deal with life ... What giving up booze does is allow you to look at yourself through an untainted mirror for the first time."

- Colin Farrell

"The mentality and behaviour of drug addicts and alcoholics is wholly irrational until you understand that they are completely powerless over their addiction and unless they have structured help, they have no hope."

- Russell Brand

"I think once I made up my mind that I was allergic to alcohol, and that’s what I learned, it made sense to me. And I think it was kind of pointed out that you know if you were allergic to strawberries, you wouldn’t eat strawberries. And that made sense to me."

- Betty Ford

"I used to think a drug addict was someone who lived on the far edges of society. Wild-eyed, shaven-headed and living in a filthy squat. That was until I became one."

- Cathryn Kemp

"Drugs are a waste of time. They destroy your memory and your self-respect and everything that goes along with with your self esteem."

- Kurt Cobain

"There’s not a drug on Earth that can make life meaningful."

- Sarah Kane

"That’s at least in part why I ingested chemical waste—it was a kind of desire to abbreviate myself. To present the CliffNotes of the emotional me, as opposed to the twelve-column read. I used to refer to my drug use as putting the monster in the box. I wanted to be less, so I took more—simple as that."

- Carrie Fisher

"If you need booze or drugs to enjoy your life to the fullest, then you’re doing it wrong."

- Robin Williams

"The morning is when I am awake and there is a dawn in me."

- Helen Keller

"Openness may not completely disarm prejudice, but it's a good place to start."

- Jason Collins

"Most people don't grow up. Most people age. They find parking spaces, honor their credit cards, get married, have children, and call that maturity. What that is, is aging."

- Maya Angelou

"I am convinced that most people do not grow up...We marry and dare to have children and call that growing up. I think what we do is mostly grow old. We carry accumulation of years in our bodies, and on our faces, but generally our real selves, the children inside, are innocent and shy as magnolias."

- Maya Angelou

"Look at life through the windshield, not the rearview mirror."

- Byrd Baggett

"Let this Thursday be filled with possibilities – be aware of the opportunities around you, don’t just go through the day, live the day with your eyes and your mind open."

- Catherine Pulsifer

"Mr. and Mrs. Dursley of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much."

"'Feelings aren’t facts' tells me that my feelings are real, but they aren’t reality."

"Being gay is like being left-handed. Some people are, most people aren’t and nobody really knows why. It’s not right or wrong, it’s just the way things are!"

- Unknown

"Drive as if every road sign says: Expect the Unexpected."

"Curiosity is the key that unlocks all the wonders."

"The Cat in the Hat knows curiosity fuels the soul."

"In every corner, a question waiting to unfold."

"Questions are the stars shining in the night of the mind."

"The cat knows all the best questions begin with 'why'."

"See the world, as the Cat sees: with wonder waiting."