The possibility of success rests now with the Indians of the country. If they respond in sufficient numbers and with sufficient enthusiasm, success will almost be assured.

C. Montezuma  Yavapai 

A.A. is no success story in the ordinary sense of the word. It is a story of suffering transmuted, under grace, into spiritual progress.

"As Bill Sees It"  pg. 35

Bob's spiritual release did not come easily; it was to be painfully slow. It always entailed the hardest kind of work and the sharpest vigilance.

A.A. Comes of Age  pg. 69

Great Spirit...teach me to grow from my struggles, that suffering is often the path to victory.