33 Quotes by 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.

It must never be forgotten that the purpose of Alcoholics Anonymous is to sober up alcoholics. There is no religious or spiritual requirement for membership. No demands are made on anyone. An experience is offered which members may accept or reject. That is up to them.

The good is the enemy of the best.

More than most people, the alcoholic leads a double life. He is very much the actor.

Indecision with the passing of time becomes decision.

How dark it is before the dawn! In reality that was the beginning of my last debauch. I was soon to be catapulted into what I like to call the fourth dimension of existence. I was to know happiness, peace, and usefulness, in a way of life that is incredibly more wonderful as time passes.

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

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

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.