The temporary good is enemy to the permanent best.

- Bill W.

God is either everything, or He is nothing.

- Bill W.

For the wise have always known that no one can make much of his life until self-searching has become a regular habit, until he is able to admit and a…

- Bill W.

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

- Bill W.

You are asking yourself, as all of us must: 'Who am I?' . . . 'Where am I?' . . . 'Whence do I go?' The process of enlightenment is usually slow. But…

- 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.

- Bill W.

I try hard to hold fast to the truth that a full and thankful heart cannot entertain great conceits. When brimming with gratitude, one's heartbeat mu…

- Bill W.

Honesty with ourselves & others gets us sober, but it is tolerance that keeps us that way.

- Bill W.

It must never be forgotten that the purpose of Alcoholics Anonymous is to sober up alcoholics. There is no religious or spiritual requirement for mem…

- Bill W.