We lose the fear of making decisions, great and small; as we realize that should our choice prove wrong we can, if we will, learn from the experience.
BILL W.We lose the fear of making decisions, great and small; as we realize that should our choice prove wrong we can, if we will, learn from the experience.
BILL W.For the wise have always known that no one can make much of his life until self-searching has become a regular habit, until he is able to admit and accept what he finds, and until he patiently and persistently tries to correct what is wrong.
BILL W.True ambition is not what we thought it was. True ambition is the profound desire to live usefully and walk humbly under the grace of God.
BILL W.AA is no success story in the ordinary sense of the word. It is a story of suffering transmuted, under grace, into spiritual progress.
BILL W.We have no desire to convince anyone that there is only one way by which faith can be acquired.
BILL W.In the wake of my spiritual experience there came a vision of a society of alcoholics.
BILL W.We know that if we rebel against doing that which is reasonably possible for us, then we will be penalized. And we will be equally penalized if we presume in ourselves a perfection that simply is not there.
BILL W.Years ago I used to commiserate with all people who suffered. Now I commiserate only with those who suffer in ignorance, who do not understand the purpose and ultimate utility of pain
BILL W.Because of our kinship in suffering, our channels of contact have always been charged with the language of the heart.
BILL W.Perhaps one of the greatest rewards of meditation and prayer is the sense of belonging that comes to us.
BILL W.Regardless of what is happening around me I will always have the prerogative, and the responsibility, of choosing what happens within me.
BILL W.Nowadays my brain no longer races compulsively in either elation, grandiosity, or depression. I have been given a quiet place in bright sunshine.
BILL W.The temporary good is enemy to the permanent best.
BILL W.No matter how unreasonable others may seem, I am responsible for not reacting negatively.
BILL W.In God’s economy, nothing is wasted. Through failure, we learn a lesson in humility which is probably needed, painful though it is.
BILL W.No personal calamity is so crushing that something true and great can’t be made of it
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