Top 250 Melody Beattie Quotes (2024 Update)
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101. “Others do not have our magic. We have our magic. It is in us.”

— Melody Beattie

102. “It’s our job to first make ourselves feel better and then make ourselves feel good.”

— Melody Beattie

103. “If you did not have that person or problem in your life, what would you be doing with your life that is different from what you are doing now? How would you be feeling and behaving? Spend a few minutes visualizing yourself living your life, feeling and behaving that way – in spite of your unsolved problem.”

— Melody Beattie

104. “The only person you can now or ever change is yourself. The only person that it is your business to control is yourself.”

— Melody Beattie

105. “Money is not evil. There is no scarcity, except in our mind and attitudes. And what we believe we deserve will be about what we shall receive.”

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106. “It’s easy to see and notice what we like in other people. Sometimes, it’s not as easy to see the attributes and beauty in ourselves. It’s good to see the beauty in others. But sometimes, take a moment and get excited when you notice what’s beautiful in yourself, too.”

— Melody Beattie

107. “According to Earnie Larsen and others, the two deepest desires most people have are: to love and be loved, and to believe they are worthwhile and know someone else believes that also.1.”

— Melody Beattie

108. “Guilt can prevent us from setting the boundaries that would be in our best interests, and in other peoples best interests.”

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109. “I trust so much in the power of the heart and the soul; I know that the answer to what we need to do next is in our own hearts. All we have to do is listen, then take that one step further and trust what we hear. We will be taught what we need to learn.”

— Melody Beattie

110. “Real power comes when we stop holding others responsible for our pain, and we take responsibility for all our feelings.”

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111. “We need to build downtime into our lives, so that we can have solitude without feeling overcome with guilt.”

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112. “Panic, not the task, is the enemy.”

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113. “Today I will practice healthy giving, understanding that caretaking and compulsive giving don’t work. I choose what I want to give, to whom, when, and how much. It takes time to learn how to give in healthy ways. It takes time to learn to receive. Balance will come.”

— Melody Beattie

114. “Resentments are hardened chunks of anger. They loosen up and dissolve with forgiveness and letting go.”

— Melody Beattie

115. “You are not responsible for making other people “see the light,” and you do not need to “set them straight.” You are responsible for helping yourself see the light and for setting yourself straight.”

— Melody Beattie

116. “We are on a very rich emotional and physical journey on this planet.”

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117. “I still have bad days. But that’s okay. I used to have bad years. – Anonymous.”

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118. “No – simple to pronounce, hard to say.”

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119. “Stay conscious of who you travel with on this journey. See who you’re attracted to and notice who is attracted to you. See how much better you feel when you surround yourself with the energy of love.”

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120. “Like it or not, i was already learning that in the worst and darkest time, I would find specks of light, moments of joy. What I didn’t want to learn was the other, harsher lesson – that in life’s brightest moments there would also be unbearable pain. p 87.”

— Melody Beattie

121. “Ultimately, too much dependency on a person can kill love. Relationships based on emotional insecurity and need, rather than on love, can become self-destructive. They don’t work. Too much need drives people away and smothers love. It scares people away.”

— Melody Beattie

122. “When you let go of fear and the need to control, you’ll experience how mysterious, sacred, and interesting Life can be.”

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123. “Surrendering to a Power greater than ourselves is how we become empowered.”

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124. “If somebody rejects you or your choices, you are still real, and you are still worth every bit as much as you would be if you had not been rejected.”

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125. “We don’t just get our choice; we get the consequence that choice creates.”

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126. “Taking care of myself is a big job. No wonder I avoided it for so long. – ANONYMOUS.”

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127. “Recovery is not about being right; it’s about allowing ourselves to be who we are and accepting others as they are.”

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128. “God, help me remember that when I admit and accept the truth, I’ll be given the power and guidance to change.”

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129. “We can own our power with people. Buy some time. Think about what you want. Consider how responding to another’s needs will affect the course of your life. We live or own life by not letting other people, their expectations, and their demands control the course of our life. We can let them have their demands and expectations; we can allow them to have their feelings. We can own our power to choose the path that is right for us.”

— Melody Beattie

130. “Feeling good about ourselves is a choice. So is feeling guilty.”

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131. “God loves me enough to let me go through all the lessons I came here to learn, even the ones that hurt the most. His presence doesn’t deny me. It’s always there to help me see and understand what I came to this planet to learn.”

— Melody Beattie

132. “Why Am I Afraid To Tell You Who I Am?”

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133. “Fun is a normal part of being alive. Fun is taking time to celebrate being alive.”

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134. “We can confuse love with dependency, manipulation, and neediness. None of those are love. Love is when we want other people to be who they are.”

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135. “Self-care isn’t selfish; it’s self-esteem.”

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136. “I didn’t have to scramble up and down the ladder from despair to euphoria anymore, trying to convince myself that life was either painful and terrible or joyous and wonderful. The simple truth was that life was both. p 214.”

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137. “Today, I will wait if the way is not clear. I will trust that out of the chaos will come clarity.”

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138. “We have as much time as we need.”

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139. “I saw people who had gotten so absorbed in other people’s problems they didn’t have time to identify or solve their own. These were people who had cared so deeply, and often destructively, about other people that they had forgotten how to care about themselves. The.”

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140. “Today, I will watch myself and listen to myself as I go through my day. I will not judge myself for what I’m feeling; I will accept myself.”

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141. “If we are waiting for guaranteed courses of action, we may spend much of our life waiting.”

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142. “The test, the mark, of a person that’s on a spiritual path is whether they can live in harmony.”

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143. “No amount of control will effect a permanent or desirable change in another person. We can sometimes do things that increase the probability that people will want to change, but we can’t even guarantee or control that. And.”

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144. “We will face and deal with reality – on our own time schedule, when we are ready, and in our Higher Power’s timing. We do not have to accept chastisement from anyone, including ourselves, for this schedule. We will know what we need to know, when it’s time to know it.”

— Melody Beattie

145. “Whatever we try to control does have control over us and our life.”

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146. “I am not a teacher, but an awakener. – ROBERT FROST.”

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147. “Stop picking on yourself, worrying if you’re good enough, wondering what people will see if you let them see your heart. This is what they’ll see: that you are a lovable and delightful soul, a beautiful child of God.”

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148. “Change your perspective and enjoy the adventure. Let the child in you come out to play.”

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149. “If we want to change what happens, we change what we believe and expect.”

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150. “The only limitations on you are the ones you’ve placed on yourself.”

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