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title: "3 Take time Quotes By Melody Beattie"
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> [Arranging for and allowing ourselves to have fun is an important part of taking care of ourselves. It helps us stay healthy.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melody-beattie/arranging-for-and-allowing-ourselves-to-have-fun-is-an-important-part/)

[Melody Beattie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melody-beattie/)

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> [Today I will practice healthy giving, understanding that caretaking and compulsive giving don't work. I choose what I want to give, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melody-beattie/today-i-will-practice-healthy-giving-understanding-that-caretaking/)

[Melody Beattie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melody-beattie/)

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> [Today I will surrender to discipline. I realize that sometimes it takes time to see the fruits of my labors, yet I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melody-beattie/today-i-will-surrender-to-discipline-i-realize-that-sometimes-it/)

[Melody Beattie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melody-beattie/)

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## Other authors on Take time

## More 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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melody-beattie/remember-to-be-kind-remember-to-be-loving-remember-to-feel-all-your/)

[Melody Beattie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melody-beattie/frequently-when-i-suggest-to-people-that-they-detach-from-a-person-or/)

[Melody Beattie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melody-beattie/)

> [...the plan will happen in spite of us, not because of us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melody-beattie/the-plan-will-happen-in-spite-of-us-not-because-of-us/)

[Melody Beattie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melody-beattie/goals-give-us-direction-they-put-a-powerful-force-into-play-on-a/)

[Melody Beattie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melody-beattie/once-they-have-been-affected-once-it-sets-in-codependency-takes-on-a/)

[Melody Beattie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melody-beattie/prayer-changes-things-prayer-changes-us-prayer-changes-life-sometimes/)

[Melody Beattie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melody-beattie/it-s-not-what-we-don-t-know-that-hurts-us-people-say-it-s-what-we/)

[Melody Beattie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melody-beattie/)

> [“We don’t have to be so afraid of people. They are just people like us.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melody-beattie/we-don-t-have-to-be-so-afraid-of-people-they-are-just-people-like-us/)

[Melody Beattie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melody-beattie/)

> [Whatever we try to control does have control over us and our life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melody-beattie/whatever-we-try-to-control-does-have-control-over-us-and-our-life/)

[Melody Beattie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melody-beattie/i-want-to-thank-each-person-who-has-the-courage-to-push-through-and/)

[Melody Beattie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melody-beattie/)

> [Acceptance is the magic that makes change possible. It is not forever, it is for the present moment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melody-beattie/acceptance-is-the-magic-that-makes-change-possible-it-is-not-forever/)

[Melody Beattie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melody-beattie/)

> [Don't violate your own code of values and ethics, but don't waste energy trying to make other people violate theirs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melody-beattie/don-t-violate-your-own-code-of-values-and-ethics-but-don-t-waste/)

[Melody Beattie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melody-beattie/)

> [It's our job to first make ourselves feel better and then make ourselves feel good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melody-beattie/it-s-our-job-to-first-make-ourselves-feel-better-and-then-make/)

[Melody Beattie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melody-beattie/)

> [Panic, not the task, is the enemy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melody-beattie/panic-not-the-task-is-the-enemy/)

[Melody Beattie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melody-beattie/today-i-will-tell-myself-that-i-m-lovable-just-because-some-people/)

[Melody Beattie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melody-beattie/)

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