Melody Beattie Quotes

People have the right to say what they want, but as long as I can go to bed at night and look myself in the mirror, I'll be all right.

It's a big challenge for me to keep my integrity and some of my privacy intact.

Character is the result of a system of stereotyped principals.

I have high standards I hold myself to, besides Christianity.

Looking back, I am ashamed that I have not always upheld the values that I profess and believe in.

I strongly believe in my own rights and wrongs and impose them on myself and my family.

I won't do things for money. I can't.

I hold myself to a high standard.

Laws and principles are not for the times when there is no temptation: they are for such moments as this, when body and soul rise in mutiny against their rigour ... If at my convenience I might break them, what would be their worth?

The sort of man you will make of yourself, how you will be regarded by the world, whether people will admire and respect or despise you, whether you win the approval or the condemnation of your Maker - all this is in your own hands.

You can't, in sound morals, condemn a man for taking care of his own integrity. It is his clear duty.

I've always been able to make choices that don't embarrass me.

My limits will be better marked. Both the limits I will set, and my own limits.

There is a yearning for people to return to elementary moral virtues, such as integrity and commitment. We distrust people who have no centering of values. We greatly respect businessmen, for example, if they display those virtues, even if we don't necessarily agree with the people.

It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.

Live with integrity, respect the rights of other people, and follow your own bliss.

When about to commit a base deed, respect thyself, though there is no witness.

Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.

You're always concerned for your character. You should be.

We do need a return to individual integrity, self-reliance, and old-fashioned gumption. We really do.

Just because people are in authority, if it doesn't seem right, don't do it. If it violates your own principles, don't do it.

No more duty can be urged upon those who are entering the great theater of life than simple loyalty to their best convictions.

My rule for the corporate stuff is the same as with my music - I do whatever means I can sleep at night and whatever means I can be dignified.

Men are more accountable for their motives, than for anything else; and primarily, morality consists in the motives, that is in the affections.

Always work hard, be honest, and be proud of who you are.