67 Quotes by Alcoholics Anonymous

To be vital, faith must be accompanied by self sacrifice and unselfish, constructive action.

We cannot subscribe to the belief that this life is a vale of tears, though it once was just that for many of us. But it is clear that we make our own misery.

I've been benefited from a dictionary definition I found that reads: "Rationalization is giving a socially acceptable reason for socially unacceptable behavior, and socially unacceptable behavior is a form of insanity.

Avoid then, the deliberate manufacture of misery, but if trouble comes, cheerfully capitalize it as an opportunity to demonstrate His omnipotence.

Almost none of us liked the self-searching, the leveling of our pride, the confession of shortcomings which the process requires for its successful consummation.

They sound like the philosophy of a man who, having a headache, beats himself on the head with a hammer so that he cannot feel the ache.

Through the years I had quit on everything that ever mattered: college, going for promotions, relationships - at least the relationships that demanded any work.

How did people have conversations anyway? How did they meet and then begin to talk as if they had known each other for years?

Identifying, they said, was trying to see how I was like the people I was with. Comparing, they told me, was looking for differences, usually seeing how I was better than others.