"Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step."

— Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.

"When I let go
of what I am, I become what I might be."

— Lao Tzu

"With one day’s reading a man may have the key in his hands."

— Ezra Pound

"My father is my idol, so I always did everything like him.
He used to work two jobs and still come home happy every night.
He didn't do drugs or drink, and he wouldn't let anyone smoke in his house. Those are rules I adopted, too."

— Earvin "Magic" Johnson

"It is common knowledge that a return of the full-fledged ego can happen at any time. Years of sobriety are no insurance against its resurgence. No AAs, regardless of their veteran status, can ever relax their guard against a reviving ego.
...that ego will return unless the individual learns to accept a disciplined way of life, which means the tendency toward ego comeback is permanently checked. ...(AA members) have learned that a single surrender is not enough. The Twelve Steps urge repeated inventories, not just one, and the Twelfth Step is in itself a routine reminder that one must work at preserving sobriety. Moreover, it is referred to as Twelfth Step work—which is exactly what it is. By that time, the miracle is for the other person."

— Dr. Harry M. Tiebout, M.D., 1953

"To cease smoking is the easiest thing I ever did. I ought to know because I've done it a thousand times."

— Mark Twain

" I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it."

— Harry Emerson Fosdick

"Human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives."

— William James

"Of course there is no formula for success except perhaps an unconditional acceptance of life and what it brings."

— Arthur Rubinstein