Melody Beattie Quotes

You can never control other people. You can only control yourself. I have definitely learned that.

I refrain from blaming anything on my parents.

There's always a possibility of richer maturation - of taking more and more responsibility for yourself and for your life...And this is what I hope...to make you understand how much you gain by taking re-sponsibility for every emotion, every movement you make, every thought you have...We touch each other by honestly being what we are, not intentionally making contact.

I've really learned not to try to take responsibility for all things. And to keep my side of the street clean.

I look at modern life and I see people not taking responsibility for their lives. The temptation to blame, to find external causes to one's own issues is something that is particularly modern. I know that personally I find that sense of responsibility interesting.

I take responsibility for myself and what I do now.

The knowledge that we are responsible for living the life we have is our most powerful tool.

Character isn't something you were born with and can't change, like your fingerprints. It's something you weren't born with and must take responsibility for forming.

You have to take responsibility for how you act. You can't fix everyone.

We must wake ourselves up! Or somebody else will take our place, and bear our cross, and thereby rob us of our crown.

We must exchange the philosophy of excuse - what I am is beyond my control for the philosophy of responsibility.

That person has to be accountable for himself. I think that's what we have to do in society today is to be accountable for yourself. I think we have the tendency to always want to live someone else's life.

Own your problems.

The important thing is I've always been a responsible person. As a woman, too, you have to be a lot stronger. Things are always happening that if you let it bother you, you'll be mad all the time.

I'm a grown man. I don't point fingers.

I am not a victim. I do not blame anyone for the circumstances of my life.

Buddah says once you understand that you are lost and you have to find your own way and there is no help coming, you become responsible. Prayer is irresponsible. To pray is just to avoid responsibility, to pray is to be lazy. To pray is just an escape. Buddha says effort is needed. It is an insult to pray.

I'm the one I need to work with.

I don't associate with people who blame the world for their problems. You are your problem. You are also your solution.

Superior people take both the credit and the blame for everything that happens to them.

Maturity begins on the day we accept responsibility for our own actions.

It is time to stop looking outside yourself for the answers to why you haven't created the life and results you want, for it is you who creates the quality of life you lead and the results you produce. You-no one else! To achieve major success in life-to achieve those things that are most important to you-you must assume 100% responsibility for your life. Nothing less will do.

Maturity is when you live your life by your commitments, not by your feelings.

Blame is a neat little device that you can use whenever you don't want to take responsibility for something in your life. Use it and you will avoid all risks and impede your own growth.

Pain is inevitable. It is actually a great opportunity for growth, but when we blame or fail to take responsibility for our suffering, the pain becomes stagnant, and stagnant pain can have a compounding effect if left unchecked.