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"In order to make our gifts perfect, you need to work on yourself but it hurts."

"Expand and extend yourself to effectively fulfill purpose."

"In order to grasp the principles of spiritual growth, you need to be filled with understanding and the wisdom of God."

"The size of the seed does not determine the size of the tree."

"Man will always waste time if there is no system to check and compel him to invest his time."

"One who conquers others is great, one who conquers the world is mighty, but one who conquers himself is divine."

"In one opinion, the house in which you stay, the church you attend and the town in which you reside may not determine the size of your dreams, but they can influence the rate of maturity of what you have planted."
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"Times change and discoveries are made that render earlier techniques and approaches less effective. Change is inevitable. To remain rigid when the whole world is changing and advancing is to invite misfortune. The AA program in particular is challenged with an opportunity of unprecedented magnitude."

"It's a simple working formula: if who you are and what you have - in your relationships, at home, or on the job - are what you want, that's perfect; keep doing what you've been doing and you'll get more of it. However, if who you are and what you have is less than or different than what you want, you'll have to make some basic changes."

"Who you allow into the circle of your life will make the difference in the quality of your life."

"The advertise their products in such a fashion as to make it seem wonderful to drink their ethanol products. It does not matter if they give their products fancy name like Cabernet Sauvignon or Pinot Noir, or if they put bubbles in an ethanol product and call it champagne or beer - everyone is selling ethanol."

"What we call coincidences, accidental and remarkable events occurring at the same time, are actually circumstances and events that have come into your life to serve a purpose - and that purpose is to benefit you."

"AA purports to be open to anyone, as it is stated in Tradition Tree, 'The only requirement for AA membership is a desire to stop drinking, ' but it isn't open to everyone. It's open only to those who are willing to publicly declare themselves to be alcoholics or addicts and who are willing to give up their inherent right of independence by declaring themselves powerless over addictive drugs and alcohol, as stated in Step One, 'We admitted we are powerless over alcohol - that our lives had become unmanageable."

"If those underlying conditions aren't treated, the return of those symptoms may cause us so much discomfort that we'll go back to using addictive drugs or alcohol to obtain relief. That's the primary reason there is such a high rate of relapse among people who have become dependent of alcohol and addictive drugs. It has little to do with alcohol and addiction themselves and almost everything to do with the original causes that created the dependency."
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