Melody Beattie Quotes

You have to learn how to care about people without taking on all of their problems.

The more aware a man is of a woman's body, the better. He needs to know he has to tend to a woman. She might not always return the favor, but a man always has to tend to a woman first.

I've always been a caretaker; I think a lot of women are. We take care of everybody else first, and very rarely do we think about ourselves.

I think in any relationship, even in the healthiest of relationships, we are all parents to each other at times. I think that's a normal, healthy sort of relationship. I think there are times when we're each a mother and a father when we need to be.

Today I will practice healthy giving, understanding that caretaking and compulsive giving don't work. I choose what I want to give, to whom, when, and how much. It takes time to learn how to give in healthy ways. It takes time to learn to receive. Balance will come.

We know that young babies, as they become capable of moving voluntarily, will share. They will share food, for instance, with their siblings and with kids that are around. They will sooth. If they see somebody else in pain, even the youngest of toddlers will try to reach out and pat the person.

We can empathize as deeply as we can empathize.

I think as a woman it's in our nature to nurture someone else. Sometimes at the expense of ourselves.

It's important to me that a man is good at taking care of people.

When you're sick, nobody takes care of you like your mom.

If someone is not treating you in a way that you like, remember that there are so many nice people out there. The problem is that when you love someone, you make excuses for that kind of behavior.

Love cures people - both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.

I don't want to listen to everybody's problems all the time. And I doubt anybody wants to listen to mine.

I like a woman who takes care of herself - it says something about the way she'll care for me.

I don't get a whole lot out of the romance thing, but I realize girls do. So I'll go out of my way to make them feel romanced.

I think that a man should be caring.

I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it.

Children will not remember you for the material things you provided but for the feeling that you cherished them.

I think one of the most important things in a relationship is caring for your significant other through good times and bad.

I have some regrets that I might have hurt men in my life. But they can take care of themselves.

Don't be reckless with other people's hearts, don't put up with those who are reckless with yours.

I think women are natural caretakers. They take care of everybody. They take care of their husbands and their kids and their dogs, and don't spend a lot of time just getting back and taking time out.

I was a truly loving mom, but I didn't have the tools to do the job.

You take so much on as a therapist: you just sit there and listen to people talk with you, and you're trying to help people, and it can be draining.

I believe we live in a love-starved society. Everywhere you go there are probably people who haven't had the right kind of love in their lives.