Aa Recovery Quotes

• I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess.

  Martin Luther

  Life, God, Christian

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• The only normal people are the ones you don't know very well.

  Alfred Adler

  Drinking, Humor, Knowing

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  Often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.

  Helen Keller

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  Helen Keller (2000). “To Love this Life: Quotations”, p.25, American Foundation for the Blind

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• I know why we're here. We're all here because we're not all there.

  Steven Tyler

  Alcoholics Anonymous, Alcohol Recovery, Aa Meeting

  "Why Steven Tyler Needs to Stop" by Christopher R. Weingarten, www.esquire.com. January 20, 2011.

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• Be careful what you pray for.

  Janet Morris

  Recovery, Fate, Praying

  Janet Morris, Chris Morris (2010). “The Sacred Band”, p.234, Paradise Publishing

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• Religion is for people who fear hell, spirituality is for people who have been there.

  David Bowie

  Clever, Fear, Recovery

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• You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Positive, Faith

  Mother Jones Magazine, Vol.16, No.3, p.77, May - June 1991.

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• Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.

  Dale Carnegie

  Funny, Faith, Time

  Dale Carnegie (2010). “How to Stop Worrying and Start Living”, p.372, Simon and Schuster

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• I am sick and tired of being sick and tired.

  Fannie Lou Hamer

  Recovery, Tired, Health

  "'I Question America' — Remembering Fannie Lou Hamer’s Famous Speech 50 Years Ago" by Peter Dreier, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 26, 2014.

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• I may not be where I want to be, but thank God I am not where I used to be.

  Joyce Meyer

  Life, Thank God, May

  Twitter post from Apr 30, 2009

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• Be The Peace You Wish To See In The World!

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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• Fear is the darkroom where negatives are developed.

  Zig Ziglar

  Recovery, Alcoholics Anonymous, Aa Meeting

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• The task ahead of us is never as great as the power behind us.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Inspirational, Change, Recovery

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• Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.

  Mae West

  Funny, Sarcastic, Witty

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• Get off the cross, we need the wood.

  Tori Amos

  Jesus, Recovery, Needs

  Song: Big Wheel, Album: American Doll Posse, 2007

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• Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation.

  D. Elton Trueblood

  Trust, Faith, Believe

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• Think of the solution, not the problem

  Terry Goodkind

  Thinking, Problem, Prison Break

  Terry Goodkind (2015). “Wizard's First Rule”, p.90, Head of Zeus

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• Alcoholics don’t have relationships-they take hostages.

  Michael Robotham

  Alcoholics Anonymous, Hostage, Aa Meeting

  Michael Robotham (2006). “Lost: A Novel”, Doubleday Books

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• Men do not attract that which they want, but that which they are.

  James Allen

  Inspirational, Life, Success

  James Allen (2016). “As a Man Thinketh”, p.7, Xist Publishing

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• Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is a gift. That is why it is called the present.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• What goes around, comes around.

  Willie Nelson

  Karma, Respect, Revenge

  Willie Nelson, Turk Pipkin (2006). “The Tao of Willie: A Guide to the Happiness in Your Heart”, p.33, Penguin

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• Without memory, there is no healing. Without forgiveness, there is no future.

  Desmond Tutu

  Wisdom, Fun, Memories

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• Anything worth doing is worth doing well.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Perfection, Excellence, Quality

  Hunter S. Thompson, Jann Wenner (2012). “Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone: The Essential Writing of Hunter S. Thompson”, p.312, Simon and Schuster

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• History is the same thing over and over again.

  Woody Allen

  Fitness Motivational, Temporary Insanity, Bores You

  "Nothing Pleases Me More than Being Thought of as a European Filmmaker". Interview with Helene Zuber, www.spiegel.de. June 20, 2005.

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• If you find a path with no obstacles, it likely leads nowhere.

  Catherine DeVrye

  Motivation, Recovery, Path

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