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Own Quotes by Melody Beattie
- Today I will stop trying to control my relationships. I will participate at a reasonable level and let the other person do the same. I…
- Boundaries emerge from deep within. They are connected to letting go of guilt and shame, and to changing our beliefs about what we deserve. As…
- Love means each person is free to follow his or her own heart.
- Today I will refuse to jump into the middle of others' affairs, issues, and relationships. I will trust others to work out their own problems,…
- Today I will not wait for someone to come to my aid. I'm not helpless. Although help may come, I'm my own rescuer. My relationships…
- We call it keeping up with the Joneses. They buy a boat and we buy a bigger one. They get a new TV and we…
- Today I will realize that I'm powerless over other people's expectations of me. I'll think about what I want and consider that how I respond…
- The surest way to make ourselves crazy is to get involved in other people's business, and the quickest way to become sane and happy is…
- We are more than our problems. Even if our problem is our own behavior, the problem is not who we are-it's what we did. It's…
- 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…
- Codependents are reactionaries. They overreact. They under-react. But rarely do they act. They react to the problems, pains, lives, and behaviors of others. They react…
More Own Quotes
- Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but… — Hannah Arendt
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. — Aristotle
- Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life. — Aristotle
- The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because… — Aristotle
- I believe that the whole idea of the consumer society is tottering. We've kept ourselves going by producing more and more goods,… — Paul Auster
- I was always interested in French poetry sort of as a sideline to my own work, I was translating contemporary French poets.… — Paul Auster
- Punk has always been about doing things your own way. What it represents for me is ultimate freedom and a sense of… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I think it's your own choice if you turn from an angry young man to a bitter, old bastard. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I like being a strong, independent woman, and to be honest, I was never afraid to be on my own. — Dido Armstrong
- We are addicted to our egotism, our likes and dislikes and prejudices, and depend upon them for our own sense of identity. — Karen Armstrong
- And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is that… — Isaac Asimov