Top 250 Melody Beattie Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “Gratitude turns what we have into enough.”

— Melody Beattie

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2. “Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.”

— Melody Beattie

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3. “The new year stands before us, like a chapter in a book, waiting to be written. We can help write that story by setting goals.”

— Melody Beattie

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4. “Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.”

— Melody Beattie

5. “Love yourself just as you are.”

— Melody Beattie

6. “Relax, you’re on a journey of discovery. Let life reveal itself to you.”

— Melody Beattie

7. “Striving for excellence is a positive quality. Striving for perfection is self-defeating.”

— Melody Beattie

8. “Gratitude turns negative energy into positive energy. There is no situation or circumstance so small or large that it is not susceptible to gratitude’s power.”

— Melody Beattie

9. “Let go of your expectations. The universe will do what it will. Sometimes your dreams will come true. Sometimes they won’t. Sometimes when you let go of a broken dream, another one gently takes its place. Be aware of what is, not what you would like to be, taking place.”

— Melody Beattie

10. “Gratitude helps us stop trying to control outcomes. It is the key that unlocks positive energy in our life. It is the alchemy that turns problems into blessings, and the unexpected into gifts.”

— Melody Beattie

11. “Be patient. Relax and trust. Let go. Then, let go some more.”

— Melody Beattie

12. “For God hath not given us the spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.1 – II TIMOTHY 1:7.”

— Melody Beattie

13. “Our best problem-solving resource is peace. Solutions arise easily and naturally out of a peaceful state.”

— Melody Beattie

14. “Life is always moving, changing, shifting into its next shape. The movement is natural. It is how we evolve. Let the shifts happen. Take responsibility for yourself each step of the way. Trust the new shape and form of your world.”

— Melody Beattie

15. “Beliefs create reality.”

— Melody Beattie

16. “Perspective will come in retrospect.”

— Melody Beattie

17. “We cannot change others, but when we change ourselves, we may end up changing the world.”

— Melody Beattie

18. “This moment, we are right where we need to be, right where we are meant to be.”

— Melody Beattie

19. “Letting go helps us to live in a more peaceful state of mind and helps restore our balance. It allows others to be responsible for themselves and for us to take our hands off situations that do not belong to us. This frees us from unnecessary stress.”

— Melody Beattie

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20. “Today I will focus on a peaceful pace, rather than a harried one. I will keep moving forward gently, not frantically. I will let go of my need to be anxious and upset and will replace these feelings with calmness and harmony.”

— Melody Beattie

21. “I used to spend so much time reacting and responding to everyone else that my life had no direction. Other people’s lives, problems, and wants set the course for my life. Once I realized it was okay for me to think about and identify what I wanted, remarkable things began to take place in my life.”

— Melody Beattie

22. “God, help me let go of my need to be afraid. I welcome peace, trust, acceptance, and safety into my life. I will make a point of listening to my healthy, rational fears, and will relinquish all the others.”

— Melody Beattie

23. “Embrace and love all of yourself – past, present, and future. Forgive yourself quickly and as often as necessary. Encourage yourself. Tell yourself good things about yourself.”

— Melody Beattie

24. “Acceptance is the magic that makes change possible. It is not forever, it is for the present moment.”

— Melody Beattie

25. “Expressing passion and gratitude will guide your life. Say it again and again. Say it until you believe it. Say it until you live it.”

— Melody Beattie

26. “Each life needs its own quiet place.”

— Melody Beattie

27. “Today, I will let go. I will stop trying to control everything. I will stop trying to make myself be and do better, and I will let myself be.”

— Melody Beattie

28. “A codependent person is one who has let another person’s behavior affect him or her and who is obsessed with controlling that person’s behavior.”

— Melody Beattie

29. “Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life.”

— Melody Beattie

30. “Make New Year’s goals. Dig within, and discover what you would like to have happen in your life this year. This helps you do your part. It is an affirmation that you’re interested in fully living life in the year to come.”

— Melody Beattie

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31. “Much of the time, the things we feel guilty about are not our issues. Another person behaves inappropriately or in some way violates our boundaries. We challenge the behavior, and the person gets angry and defensive. Then we feel guilty.”

— Melody Beattie

32. “There is honor in all work, in all tasks, but take it one step further. Make what you do a labor of love. Then your work will truly touch and change the world in the way you desire. The work you do, whatever your chosen field, will be work that heals.”

— Melody Beattie

33. “When you wonder what is coming, tell yourself the best is coming, the very best life and love have to offer, the best God and His universe have to send. Then open your hands to receive it. It’s yours.”

— Melody Beattie

34. “Today I will honor, cherish, and love myself. When I get confused about what to do, I just have to remember that I need to be true to myself. I will break free of the hold that others-and their expectations-ha ve on me.”

— Melody Beattie

35. “Goals give us direction. They put a powerful force into play on a universal, conscious, and subconscious level. Goals give our life direction.”

— Melody Beattie

36. “You don’t have to search so hard for meaning and destiny. If you focus on keeping yourself clear and in balance and you live from your heart, destiny and your highest-good path will unfold naturally at your feet.”

— Melody Beattie

37. “Today I will not wait for someone to come to my aid. I’m not helpless. Although help may come, I’m my own rescuer. My relationships will dramatically improve when I stop rescuing others and stop expecting others to rescue me.”

— Melody Beattie

38. “Today, I will focus on having a good relationship with myself.”

— Melody Beattie

39. “Let your mind and soul be at ease. Don’t grasp and grab for the magic and miracles. When you reside in that place of stillness, the joy, miracles, and magic you’re seeking will find you.”

— Melody Beattie

40. “Today I will stop trying to control my relationships. I will participate at a reasonable level and let the other person do the same. I can let go, knowing that the relationship will find its own life-or not-and that I don’t have to do all the work, only my share.”

— Melody Beattie

41. “Our strength will continue if we allow ourselves the courage to feel scared, weak, and vulnerable...”

— Melody Beattie

42. “Letting go of our ideas about how life should go is a choice that sets life’s magic free.”

— Melody Beattie

43. “We can say what we need to say. We can gently, but assertively, speak our mind. We do not need to be judgmental, tactless, blaming or cruel when we speak our truths.”

— Melody Beattie

44. “Live your life fom your heart. Share from your heart. And your story will touch and heal people’s souls.”

— Melody Beattie

45. “Today, I will relax, breathe, and go with the flow.”

— Melody Beattie

46. “Codependents make great employees. They don’t complain; they do more than their share; they do whatever is asked of them; they please people; and they try to do their work perfectly – at least for a while, until they become angry and resentful.”

— Melody Beattie

47. “Choosing to take responsibility for ourselves and for the consequences our choices create looks like hard work, but it really sets us free.”

— Melody Beattie

48. “Worrying, obsessing, and controlling are illusions. They are tricks we play on ourselves.”

— Melody Beattie

49. “Waiting time is not wasted time. Something is being worked out – in us, in someone else, in the Universe.”

— Melody Beattie

50. “It’s not what we don’t know that hurts us, people say. It’s what we believe is true that isn’t that does the damage.”

— Melody Beattie