Top 250 Melody Beattie Quotes (2024 Update)
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Melody Beattie Quote: “Worrying, obsessing, and controlling are illusions. They are tricks we play on ourselves. We feel like we are doing something to solve our problems, but we’re not.”

251. “Worrying, obsessing, and controlling are illusions. They are tricks we play on ourselves. We feel like we are doing something to solve our problems, but we’re not.”

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Melody Beattie Quote: “Some people strive to relinquish all expectations and live moment to moment. That is admirable. But I think the important idea here is to take responsibility for our expectations. Get them out into the light. Examine them. Talk about them. If they involve other people, talk to the people involved. Find out if they have similar expectations. See if they’re realistic.”

252. “Some people strive to relinquish all expectations and live moment to moment. That is admirable. But I think the important idea here is to take responsibility for our expectations. Get them out into the light. Examine them. Talk about them. If they involve other people, talk to the people involved. Find out if they have similar expectations. See if they’re realistic.”

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Melody Beattie Quote: “The spiritual space we’re trying to find and maintain in meditation practice is the sacred place in each of us.”

253. “The spiritual space we’re trying to find and maintain in meditation practice is the sacred place in each of us.”

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Melody Beattie Quote: “We are like singers in a large chorus. If the guy next to us gets off key, must we? Wouldn’t it help him, and us, more to strive to stay on key? We can learn to hold our part.”

254. “We are like singers in a large chorus. If the guy next to us gets off key, must we? Wouldn’t it help him, and us, more to strive to stay on key? We can learn to hold our part.”

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Melody Beattie Quote: “Boundaries are to take care of ourselves, not to control others. If we set a boundary not to be around practicing alcoholics, it isn’t to force Harvey to stop drinking. Harvey can choose to drink or not drink. Our boundary gives us a guideline to make our choice – whether we want to be around Harvey.”

255. “Boundaries are to take care of ourselves, not to control others. If we set a boundary not to be around practicing alcoholics, it isn’t to force Harvey to stop drinking. Harvey can choose to drink or not drink. Our boundary gives us a guideline to make our choice – whether we want to be around Harvey.”

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Melody Beattie Quote: “To believe in people, to believe in each person’s inherent ability to think, feel, solve problems, and take care of themselves is a great gift we can give and receive from others.”

256. “To believe in people, to believe in each person’s inherent ability to think, feel, solve problems, and take care of themselves is a great gift we can give and receive from others.”

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Melody Beattie Quote: “Struggling is okay. Back-stepping is okay. Small bits of progress are not only okay, they’re admirable.”

257. “Struggling is okay. Back-stepping is okay. Small bits of progress are not only okay, they’re admirable.”

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Melody Beattie Quote: “It is time to stop this nonsense of running around picking on ourselves.”

258. “It is time to stop this nonsense of running around picking on ourselves.”

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Melody Beattie Quote: “We need to find a balance between solving problems and learning to live with unsolved problems.”

259. “We need to find a balance between solving problems and learning to live with unsolved problems.”

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Melody Beattie Quote: “An unexamined life isn’t worth living, or so they say. The problem with living up to other people’s expectations too much is that it doesn’t leave us time to have a life. Take a moment. Ask yourself this question, and don’t be afraid to look deeply: Are you allowing someone else’s expectations to control your life? Examine the expectations you’re living up to; then live by your own inner guide.”

260. “An unexamined life isn’t worth living, or so they say. The problem with living up to other people’s expectations too much is that it doesn’t leave us time to have a life. Take a moment. Ask yourself this question, and don’t be afraid to look deeply: Are you allowing someone else’s expectations to control your life? Examine the expectations you’re living up to; then live by your own inner guide.”

— Melody Beattie

Melody Beattie Quote: “It isn’t the head that sees clearly, nor does the head always see with love. Often, it sees with eyes of fear. The heart sees clearly. It balances the mind and emotions. It takes what’s real and processes it into truth, then into action.”

261. “It isn’t the head that sees clearly, nor does the head always see with love. Often, it sees with eyes of fear. The heart sees clearly. It balances the mind and emotions. It takes what’s real and processes it into truth, then into action.”

— Melody Beattie

Melody Beattie Quote: “Surrender to love, without allowing people to control us or keep us from caring for ourselves. Start by surrendering to love for yourself.”

262. “Surrender to love, without allowing people to control us or keep us from caring for ourselves. Start by surrendering to love for yourself.”

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Melody Beattie Quote: “Anger, rage, complaining, and whining are clues to boundaries we need to set.”

263. “Anger, rage, complaining, and whining are clues to boundaries we need to set.”

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Melody Beattie Quote: “Where we are today is where we’re meant to be. It’s where we need to be to get where we’re going tomorrow. And that place we’re going tomorrow will be better than any we’ve been before.”

264. “Where we are today is where we’re meant to be. It’s where we need to be to get where we’re going tomorrow. And that place we’re going tomorrow will be better than any we’ve been before.”

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Melody Beattie Quote: “Cherish the hope that lies beneath the snow.”

265. “Cherish the hope that lies beneath the snow.”

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Melody Beattie Quote: “When will I learn to quit fighting lions?”

266. “When will I learn to quit fighting lions?”

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Melody Beattie Quote: “Do you know you have a right to become as healthy as you want, no matter what your family does or doesn’t do? Do you know you can love.”

267. “Do you know you have a right to become as healthy as you want, no matter what your family does or doesn’t do? Do you know you can love.”

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Melody Beattie Quote: “Here’s another quirk some of us have. We’re able to demonstrate a lot of compassion for other people. We can understand why they did the things they did. But when we look in that mirror, we can’t seem to muster up any compassion, forgiveness, or understanding for ourselves.”

268. “Here’s another quirk some of us have. We’re able to demonstrate a lot of compassion for other people. We can understand why they did the things they did. But when we look in that mirror, we can’t seem to muster up any compassion, forgiveness, or understanding for ourselves.”

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Melody Beattie Quote: “There is little in our lives we need to do that we cannot do better if we are peaceful.”

269. “There is little in our lives we need to do that we cannot do better if we are peaceful.”

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Melody Beattie Quote: “On our worst days, we still look for something we’ve done toward recovery. Sometimes the best we can do is feel good about what we did not do.”

270. “On our worst days, we still look for something we’ve done toward recovery. Sometimes the best we can do is feel good about what we did not do.”

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Melody Beattie Quote: “All our experiences are rich colors that make a full life.”

271. “All our experiences are rich colors that make a full life.”

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Melody Beattie Quote: “In the morning and throughout our day, we lovingly and gently ask ourselves what we can do for ourselves that would feel good. We ask ourselves what we need to do to take care of ourselves. When we hurt, we ask what would help us feel better.15 We give ourselves encouragement and support. We tell ourselves we can do it, we can do it good enough, and things will work out. When we make a mistake, we tell ourselves that’s okay.”

272. “In the morning and throughout our day, we lovingly and gently ask ourselves what we can do for ourselves that would feel good. We ask ourselves what we need to do to take care of ourselves. When we hurt, we ask what would help us feel better.15 We give ourselves encouragement and support. We tell ourselves we can do it, we can do it good enough, and things will work out. When we make a mistake, we tell ourselves that’s okay.”

— Melody Beattie

Melody Beattie Quote: “Learn the words: “This is what I need from you. This is what I want from you.”

273. “Learn the words: “This is what I need from you. This is what I want from you.”

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Melody Beattie Quote: “LOW SELF-WORTH Codependents.”

274. “LOW SELF-WORTH Codependents.”

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Melody Beattie Quote: “Deprived thinking turns good things into less or nothing. Grateful thinking turns things into more.”

275. “Deprived thinking turns good things into less or nothing. Grateful thinking turns things into more.”

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Melody Beattie Quote: “We relinquish regrets over the past and fears about the future. We make the most of each day.”

276. “We relinquish regrets over the past and fears about the future. We make the most of each day.”

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Melody Beattie Quote: “Failure to follow desire, to do what you want to do most, paves the way to mediocrity.”

277. “Failure to follow desire, to do what you want to do most, paves the way to mediocrity.”

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Melody Beattie Quote: “Here’s an interesting phenomenon about gratitude: it’s difficult to feel too bad when we’re feeling grateful. Your mind has room for only one thought at a time. If you fill it with gratitude, there isn’t room for negativity.”

278. “Here’s an interesting phenomenon about gratitude: it’s difficult to feel too bad when we’re feeling grateful. Your mind has room for only one thought at a time. If you fill it with gratitude, there isn’t room for negativity.”

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Melody Beattie Quote: “We don’t have to be so afraid of people. They are just people like us.”

279. “We don’t have to be so afraid of people. They are just people like us.”

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