Quotes from Melody Beattie
Reacting usually does not work. We react too quickly, with too much intensity and urgency. Rarely can we do our best at anything in this state of mind.
— Melody Beattie
Live your life from your heart. Share from your heart. And your story will touch and heal people's souls.
— Melody Beattie
The more we learn to love and respect ourselves, the more we will become attracted to people who will love and respect us and who we can safely love and respect.
— Melody Beattie
We don't have to take other people's behaviors as reflections of our self-worth. We don't have to be embarrassed if someone we love chooses to behave inappropriately. It's normal to react that way, but we don't have to continue to feel embarrassed and less than if someone else continues to behave inappropriately. Each person is responsible for his or her behavior.
— Melody Beattie
Today, God, help me relax and enjoy the scenery. Help me know I'm right where I need to be on my journey.
— Melody Beattie
Live your life fom your heart. Share from your heart. And your story will touch and heal people's souls.
— Melody Beattie
Why Am I Afraid To Tell You Who I Am?
— Melody Beattie
Each moment in time we have it all, even when we think we don't.
— Melody Beattie
Control is an illusion. It doesn't work.
— Melody Beattie
Money is not evil. There is no scarcity, except in our mind and attitudes. And what we believe we deserve will be about what we shall receive.
— Melody Beattie
We Are Lovable Even if the most important person in your world rejects you, you are still real, and you are still okay.
— Melody Beattie
Healthy are those who mourn," writes Donald L. Anderson, a minister and psychologist, in Better Than Blessed. "Only very recently have we begun to realize that to deny grief is to deny a natural human function and that such denial sometimes produces dire consequences," he continues.
— Melody Beattie