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Bill W. Quotes: 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.
         

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.


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No personal calamity is so crushing that something true and great can't be made of it



In God's economy, nothing is wasted. Through failure, we learn a lesson in humility which is probably needed, painful though it is.

In God's economy, nothing is wasted. Through failure, we learn a lesson in humility which is probably needed, painful though it is.



We know that permanent sobriety can be attained only by a most revolutionary change in the life and outlook of the individual.

We know that permanent sobriety can be attained only by a most revolutionary change in the life and outlook of the individual.



Guilt is really the reverse side of the coin of pride. Guilt aims at self-destruction, and pride aims at the destruction of others.

Guilt is really the reverse side of the coin of pride. Guilt aims at self-destruction, and pride aims at the destruction of others.



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.

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.



Because of our kinship in suffering, our channels of contact have always been charged with the language of the heart.

Because of our kinship in suffering, our channels of contact have always been charged with the language of the heart.



AA is no success story in the ordinary sense of the word. It is a story of suffering transmuted, under grace, into spiritual progress.

AA is no success story in the ordinary sense of the word. It is a story of suffering transmuted, under grace, into spiritual progress.



Almost without exception alcoholics are tortured by loneliness.

Almost without exception alcoholics are tortured by loneliness.



Learning how to live in the greatest peace, partnership, and brotherhood with all men and women, of whatever description, is a moving and fascinating adventure.

Learning how to live in the greatest peace, partnership, and brotherhood with all men and women, of whatever description, is a moving and fascinating adventure.





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