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• Try to be grateful and resentful at the same time, you can't serve two masters.
• Faith chases away fear.
• We have to give it away to keep it.
• Surrender to become Victorious.
• Don't work my program, or your program, work "the program".
• The alcoholic's mind is like a bad neighborhood, don't go there alone.
• Gratitude, that's the attitude.
• When the pain of staying sober becomes less than the pain of  getting drunk, you'll stay sober.
• My worst day sober is better than  my best day drunk.
• The elevator to sobriety is broken, take the steps.
• Religion is for people who are afraid they'll go to hell.Spirituality is for people who have been  there.
• The quality of your recovery is proportional to the quality of your surrender.
• I'm basically a negative person, that's why I'm so happy.
• Untreated alcoholism without the steps on a daily basis will make my past my future.
• Tomorrow's a fantasy and yesterday's gone...there's only today
• When you've got one foot in yesterday and the other in tomorrow, you can only piss on today.
• An expectation is a premeditated resentment.
• You cannot save your ass and your face at the same time.
• Resentment is the poison I take to hurt you.
• You can't direct the wind, but you can adjust your sails.
• It is not length of life, but depth of life.
• Do not count the days, make the days count.
• Refrain from envy.....it's the source of much unhappiness.
• Kindness cannot be taught by harshness - not by any amount of harshness.
• Patience is counting down with out blasting off.
• Its' okay to make plans but don't plan the outcomes.
• Isolation is the Darkroom where I develop all my Negativity!
• Do you want to be right or do you want to have peace?
• Do you want to be right or do you want to be happy?
• Live in the answer, not in the problem.
• Faith is not belief without proof; it's trust without reservation.
• A self sponsored person is a good example of unskilled labor.
• Stay a little longer, try a little harder.
• The first step adds years to my life, the rest add life to my years.
• Depression:  Anger without the enthusiasm...
• There is no pain in change, the pain comes from the resistance to change.
• Recovery is a journey between two stations. One station represents total chaos, and the other  represents total serenity. What is important is not where you are, but what direction you are  facing.
• People are lonely because they build walls instead of bridges.
• You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true. You may have  to  work for  it  however.
• Surrender is a process not an event.
• Spirituality has as much to do with religion as honesty has to do with the truth.
• With an Attitude of Gratitude It's Impossible to get Drunk.
• My favourite definition of suggestion: Your house is on fire, I suggest you get out!
• Love and recovery are idle potential. They become real when they are shared.
• To forgive is to be released from the bondage of self.
• We are not measured by what we do, but by the things we overcome.
• It is the smallest of moments that define my sobriety.
• The soul would have no rainbow had the eyes no tears.
• If someone's throwing dirt on you, they're losing ground.
• Just get out of your own way and relax.
• You can't be hateful when you're grateful.
• A great remedy for anger is delay.
• SPONSORS: Have One...Use One...Be One.
• A pessimist is someone who complains about the noise when opportunity knocks.
• Every time I close the door on reality, it comes back through the window.
• For those who like me like me well...those who don't like me, can go to hell.
• Fear is faith turned inside-out.
• Formula for faliure: Try to please everyone.
• In life, pain is necessary; suffering is optional..
• Hearing is a gift, listening is an art.
• What other people think of you is none of your business.
• If you can't love everybody today, at least try not to hurt anybody.
• Forgiveness is a gift of high value, yet it cost's nothingh.
• It is better to look ahead and prepare, than look back and regret.
• It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live for it.
• It is nice to be important, but more important to be nice.
• Good  judgement comes from experience and experience comes from poor judgement.
• Resentments are like peeing your pants; nobody else feels it but you.
• It is not the load that breaks you down but the way you carry it.
• My head is like a bad neighborhood and I shouldn't go in there alone.
• No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
• Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live.
• Jumping to conclusions is a bad exercise.
• If you share your pain you cut it in half, if you don't you double it.
• Courage is fear in action.
• Attitudes are contagious--is yours worth catching.
• KEEP YOUR SOBRIETY FIRST TO MAKE IT LAST.
• Life is what happens while you're making other plans.
• Minds are like parachutes for the function ONLY when OPEN.
• Courage is mastery of fear—not absence of fear.
• Forgiveness is giving up the hope of a better past.
• No man is rich enough to buy back his past.
• Of all the things you wear, your expression is the most important.
• Remember.... Always forgive your enemies, nothing annoys them as much.
• Some folks won't look up until they are flat on their backs.
• Some people develop eye strain looking for trouble.
• We didn't all come over on the same ship,but we're all in the same boat.
• Love tells me I am everything.Wisdom tells me I am nothing.And between the two my life flows.
• Dry up and tighten up.
• Failure isn't in falling down, it's in failing to get back up.
• A smile is a curve that can set things straight.
• The best way to keep your word is not to give it.
• Serenity Isn't freedom from the storm, it is peace within the storm.
• You can tell the size of the man by the size of the thing that makes him mad.
• Love thy neighbor as thyself, but choose your neighborhood.
• I  am not responsible for my feelings; but what I do with them.
• Experience is the hardest kind of teacher, it gives you the test first and the lesson  afterwards.
• You never know what is enough, until you know what is more than enough.
• We are continually faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as  insoluble problems.
• Only an open mind can be healed.
• If you still haven't found the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, just enjoy the rainbow.
• Men do not fail, they give up trying.
• Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.
• Identify - Don't compare.
• Every misery I miss is a new blessing.
• Self pity is your worst enemy.
• It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
• Life is a hospital, in which every patient is possessed by the desire to change his bed.

The following quotes were submitted by Christine K.

• Be Fishers of Men.... You catch 'em, He'll Clean 'em.
• A clean conscience makes a soft pillow.
• A lot of kneeling will keep you in good standing.
• Coincidence is when God chooses to remain anonymous.
• Do your best and then sleep in peace. God is Awake.
• Don't put a question mark where God put a period.
• Fear knocked. Faith answered. No one was there.
• Give God what's right, not what's left!
• God doesn't want shares of your life; He wants controlling interest!
• God loves everyone, but probably prefers "fruits of the spirit" over "religious nuts"!
• He who angers you, controls you!
• He who is good at making excuses is seldom good for anything else.
• He who kneels before God can stand before anyone!
• If God is your Copilot - Swap seats!
• Kindness is difficult to give away because it keeps coming back.
• Man's way leads to a hopeless end! God's way leads to an endless hope!
• "Pray" is a four letter word that you can say anywhere (except in a public school).
• Prayer -Don't give God instructions just report for duty!
• The Will of God will never take you to where the Grace of God will not protect you.
• Watch your step carefully! Everyone else does!
• We don't change the message, the message changes us.
• We set the sail; God makes the wind.
• Wisdom has two parts: 1) Having a lot to say. 2) Not saying it.
• Worry is the darkroom in which "negatives" are developed.
• You can tell how big a person is by what it takes to discourage him.

The following quotes were submitted by Jake H.

• Accept that some days you are the pigeon, and some days the statue.
• My reality check bounced.
• On the keyboard of life, always keep one finger on the escape key.
• A pat on the back is only a few centimeters from a kick in the ass.
• The more shit you put up with, the more shit you will get.

The following quotes were submitted by Katherine F.

• Some people are working backstage, some are playing in the orchestra, some are on stage singing, some are in the audience as critics and some are there to applaud. Know who and where you are.
• Good sex should involve laughter. Because think about it, it is funny.
• The five most essential words for a healthy, vital relationship: "I apologize" and "You are right".
• When you make a mistake, make amends immediately. It's easier to eat crow while it's still warm.
• I've learned to pick my battles; I ask myself, Will this matter one year from now? How about one month? One week? One day? I have found this also applies to Worry.
• If you woke up breathing, congratulations! You have another chance!

The following quotes were submitted by Sarah.

• Do, or do not. There is no 'try'. - Yoda ('The Empire Strikes Back')
• The difference between 'involvement' and 'commitment' is like an eggs-and-ham breakfast: the chicken was 'involved' - the pig was 'committed'.
• Don't let some guy called Will Power ruin your life!.