Striving for excellence is a positive quality. Striving for perfection is self-defeating. — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
I know when to say no and when to say yes. I take responsibility for my choices. The victim? She went somewhere… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
We can stop picking on ourselves for picking on ourselvesWe can cherish ourselves and our lives. We can nuture ourselves and love… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
It's easy to see and notice what we like in other people. Sometimes, it's not as easy to see the attributes and… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
It's hard to give up the self-esteem connected to being codependent and appearing 'right,' which is probably a survival behavior learned from… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
We are more than our problems. Even if our problem is our own behavior, the problem is not who we are-it's what… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
Remember to be kind. Remember to be loving. Remember to feel all your feelings and to take care of yourself. But most of all,… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
“Frequently, when I suggest to people that they detach from a person or problem, they recoil in horror. “Oh, no!” they say. “I could… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“Once they have been affected---once "it" sets in---codependency takes on a life of its own. It is similar to catching pneumonia or picking up… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
Prayer changes things. Prayer changes us. Prayer changes life. Sometimes an event has been manifested that needs to be stopped, midair. Don't pray just… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“We don’t have to be so afraid of people. They are just people like us.” — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
“I want to thank each person who has the courage to push through and past the set of coping behaviors we’ve come to label… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
Acceptance is the magic that makes change possible. It is not forever, it is for the present moment — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
Don't violate your own code of values and ethics, but don't waste energy trying to make other people violate theirs. — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
