God, I offer myself to Thee- To build with me and to do with me as Thou wilt. Relieve me of the bondage of self, that I may better do Thy will. Take away my difficulties, that victory over them may bear witness to those I would help of Thy Power, Thy Love, and Thy Way of life. May I do Thy will always!
"Resentment is the ‘number one’ offender. It destroys more alcoholics than anything else."-Chapter: How It Works-Page: 64
"Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path."-Chapter: How It Works-Page: 58
"We admitted we were powerless over alcohol—that our lives had become unmanageable."-Chapter: How It Works-Page: 59
"Half measures availed us nothing."-Chapter: How It Works-Page: 59
"We stood at the turning point."-Chapter: How It Works-Page: 59
"God could and would if He were sought."-Chapter: We Agnostics-Page: 60
"God is either everything or He is nothing. God either is or He isn’t."-Chapter: We Agnostics-Page: 53
"When we saw others solve their problems by a simple reliance upon the Spirit of the Universe, we had to stop doubting the power of God."-Chapter: We Agnostics-Page: 52
"There is a solution."-Chapter: There Is a Solution-Page: 25
"We are people who normally would not mix."-Chapter: There Is a Solution-Page: 17
"The great fact is just this, and nothing less: That we have had deep and effective spiritual experiences."-Chapter: There Is a Solution-Page: 25
"We are not saints. The point is, that we are willing to grow along spiritual lines."-Chapter: How It Works-Page: 60
"Our description of the alcoholic, the chapter to the agnostic, and our personal adventures before and after make clear three pertinent ideas: (a) That we were alcoholic and could not manage our own lives. (b) That probably no human power could have relieved our alcoholism. (c) That God could and would if He were sought."-Chapter: How It Works-Page: 60
"Selfishness—self-centeredness! That, we think, is the root of our troubles."-Chapter: How It Works-Page: 62
"Fear is an evil and corroding thread; the fabric of our existence is shot through with it."-Chapter: How It Works-Page: 67
"We are sure God wants us to be happy, joyous, and free."-Chapter: The Family Afterwards-Page: 133
"We will not regret the past nor wish to shut the door on it."-Chapter: Into Action-Page: 83
"If we are painstaking about this phase of our development, we will be amazed before we are halfway through."-Chapter: Into Action-Page: 83
"No matter how far down the scale we have gone, we will see how our experience can benefit others."-Chapter: Into Action-Page: 84
"The alcoholic is like a tornado roaring his way through the lives of others."-Chapter: Into Action-Page: 82
"The spiritual life is not a theory. We have to live it."-Chapter: Into Action-Page: 83
"Faith without works is dead."-Chapter: Into Action-Page: 88
"We alcoholics are undisciplined. So we let God discipline us in the simple way we have just outlined."-Chapter: Into Action-Page: 88
"Practical experience shows that nothing will so much ensure immunity from drinking as intensive work with other alcoholics."-Chapter: Working with Others-Page: 89
"It is a spiritual axiom that every time we are disturbed, no matter what the cause, there is something wrong with us."-Chapter: Into Action-Page: 90