Melody Beattie Codependent No More Quotes

#1. A codependent person is one who has let another person's behavior affect him or her, and who is obsessed with controlling that person's behavior. - Author: Melody Beattie

#2. I tend to make low-budget movies but, yeah, I make more money than I ever thought I would make. - Author: Laura Linney

#3. Uther: "I wish you were a foolish woman I could despise, damn you"
"If your priests are right," said Viviane calmly, "I am already thoroughly damned and you may save your breath. - Author: Marion Zimmer Bradley

#4. If you have high IQ, you're really good at finding post-hoc arguments to support your feelings of truthiness. - Author: Jonathan Haidt

#5. When you truly have the courage to dream, you have the courage to act as well. - Author: Alberto Villoldo

#6. What's a codependent? The answer's easy. They're some of the most loving, caring people I know. - Author: Melody Beattie

#7. It's hard to give up the self-esteem connected to being codependent and appearing 'right,' which is probably a survival behavior learned from growing up in a crazy family. It feels like you will actually disappear. - Author: Melody Beattie

#8. Don't be rushed, be sure. - Author: Rickson Gracie

#9. I realized that my father's absence is our slippers. In order to start to get rid of your slippers, you have to admit they are yours, and if you do, then they will get rid of themselves. - Author: Abraham Verghese

#10. I was once in a bar with a friend of mine, we were having a drink and a bunch of people walked in and they were talking about how, "It's official, there's going to be a 'Friends' reunion," and I'm sitting there with my friend going, "No, no, there's not." - Author: Marta Kauffman

#11. More and more countries of the world have decided that corporations do a better job of generating and deploying capital than do states. - Author: Max L. Stackhouse

#12. I gave three years of my life to take care of my dying mother who had Alzheimer's disease. Being there for her every need for three years might have looked codependent but it wasn't because it was what I wanted to do. - Author: Melody Beattie

#13. Brooklyn is where I primarily developed. I had an opportunity to make records and perform in clubs here and there, and I started networking with the right people in the right places. - Author: Busta Rhymes

#14. I never try to make a major fashion statement but I want to be the friend in a woman's closet. I make dresses that women get laid in. - Author: Diane Von Furstenberg

#15. I wish many things, but I wish I had been able to tell you that I love you, in so many more ways than that word can convey in Alben. - Author: Kiersten White

#16. If one's mind has peace, the whole world will appear peaceful. - Author: Ramana Maharshi