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“Marcus Aurelius, wrote: “A man’s life is what his thoughts make it.”
― AA Grapevine, The Best of The Grapevine, Volumes 1, 2, and 3

“All I can do is work to make myself worthy of love.”
― AA Grapevine, The Best of The Grapevine, Volumes 1, 2, and 3

“The principle is not affected by the attitudes and opinions of human beings. Water boils just as well for the sinner as it does for the saint.”
― AA Grapevine, The Best of The Grapevine, Volumes 1, 2, and 3

“Under the lash of alcoholism, we are driven to AA, and there we discover the fatal nature of our situation. Then, and only then, do we become as open-minded to conviction and as willing to listen as the dying can be.”
― AA Grapevine, The Best of The Grapevine, Volumes 1, 2, and 3

“have the ability, by God's grace, to take these troubles in stride and turn them into demonstrations of faith.”
― A.A. Grapevine Inc., Emotional Sobriety: The Next Frontier

“problems with which we cope are mere pebbles in the stream; they add interest, make the water bubble a little, but impede nothing seriously or permanently.”
― AA Grapevine, The Best of The Grapevine, Volumes 1, 2, and 3

“it’s a joy to fearlessly face the problems with serene confidence that the answers will intuitively come.”
― AA Grapevine, The Best of The Grapevine, Volumes 1, 2, and 3

“can now appreciate and understand a passage from Romans (5:3-5) which I once scoffed at: “We rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not disappoint us.”
― AA Grapevine, The Best of The Grapevine, Volumes 1, 2, and 3

“I can’t stay sober just depending on myself, because I change too much. The same with other people. I cannot let my sobriety depend on them, because they change too.”
― A.A. Grapevine Inc., Spiritual Awakenings: Journeys of the Spirit

“Involvement. Participation. Service. These are important to our continued sobriety in AA, the winners tell us.”
― AA Grapevine, The Best of The Grapevine, Volumes 1, 2, and 3

“because one man was lonely, afraid, and sick in a strange city,”
― AA Grapevine, The Best of The Grapevine, Volumes 1, 2, and 3