9 Quotes & Sayings By Ray A

Ray A. is a professional speaker and author of over 50 books. He has been featured on several national television shows including Oprah, The Today Show, and CNN Headline News. Ray has appeared on many motivational programs including Dr Read more

Phil, Dr. Oz, and 20/20 on the ABC network. Ray has spoken on more than 5,000 stages across the world and is a highly sought-after motivational speaker for corporations, associations, and organizations.

Ray is a keynote speaker on topics from leadership to self-esteem to personal development.

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Adam and Eve had first-hand empirical evidence of God’s existence. He walked in the Garden with them. Their problem was that God told them they could not eat of a certain tree. — p. 113 Ray A.
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In AA we don’t come to God through theology but through experience, mostly of the humbling and humiliating variety, often reluctantly, and sometimes even kicking and screaming. — p. 179 Ray A.
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When we look back from the vantage point of sobriety, many of us realize that when drinking we often felt like a fake, a fraud, and a phony. That’s because we were. — p. 74 Ray A.
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The essence of humility in Step 3 is acknowledging and accepting our dependence on God. The essence of faith is trusting God. — p. 167 Ray A.
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Saying that 'I am a grateful alcoholic' will then reflect the truth about who we have become in our person, having understood deeply and intimately that God in his grace can turn any evil, any pain we have suffered or inflicted, to good purpose. — p. 57 Ray A.
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Gratitude becomes spiritual, a spiritual virtue and a spiritual emotion, when we are moved in our response by a God-centered view of the three: gift, recipient, and giver. — p. 56 Ray A.
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We arrive in the rooms tangled up in a web of complexity and confusion. Our lives are unmanageable because our minds are unmanageable.” — p. 134 Ray A.
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Yet, Step 2 and AA spirituality is about nothing if it isn’t about faith in God. Many good reasons exist why AA makes a distinction between religion and spirituality, but a denial of God is not one of them. — p. 127 Ray A.