"Remember the sufferings of Christ, the storms that were weathered... the crown that came from those sufferings which gave new radiance to the faith... All saints give testimony to the truth that without real effort, no one ever wins the crown."

-- Thomas Becket

#Real Quotes #Winning Quotes #Giving Quotes

“Know ye what it is to be a child? It is to have a spirit yet streaming from the waters of baptism; it is to believe in love, to believe in loveliness, to believe in belief.”
“Happiness is actually an individual choice, even in the midst of negative circumstances. It's not something our employers can give to us, though they can limit and influence that choice.”
“To know what to leave out and what to put in; just where and just how, ah, that is to have been educated in knowledge of simplicity.”
“[Footnote:] To give the Beaver his due, he does things because he has to do them, not because he believes that hard work per se will somehow make him a better Beaver -- the Beaver may be dumb, but he is not that dumb! The Beaver was made to gnaw, and gnaw he does. There you have him in a nutshell.”
“Richness, the ideas of having plenty of money, is not ... an absolute state. Richness is about the amount of money you have compared to the people you see around you. It is about where you are in relation to others, and where they are in relation to you ... and whether you can have the things you want and other people have.”
“Some folks can look so busy doing nothing that they seem indispensable.”
“Almost without exception alcoholics are tortured by loneliness.”

Source : Bill W. (1953). “Twelve steps and twelve traditions”, Alcoholics Anonymous World Serv inc
“From where we lived, to practise in St Louis was an hour-and-a-half drive each way, so that took a lot of the time. So really, our lives just took different paths.”

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