Spirituality Quotes by Melody Beattie

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

“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

...the plan will happen in spite of us, not because of us.

— Melody Beattie

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

“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

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

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

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

— Melody Beattie

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

— Melody Beattie

“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

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

— Melody Beattie

Don't violate your own code of values and ethics, but don't waste energy trying to make other people violate theirs.

— Melody Beattie

It's our job to first make ourselves feel better and then make ourselves feel good.

— Melody Beattie

Panic, not the task, is the enemy.

— Melody Beattie

Today I will tell myself that I'm lovable. Just because some people haven't been able to love me, it doesn't mean that I'm unlovable.…

— Melody Beattie