Melody Beattie

Don't violate your own code of values and ethics, but don't waste energy trying to make other people violate theirs.

The new year stands before us, like a chapter in a book, waiting to be written. We can help write that story by setting goals.

Few things can frustrate us more than trying to make a person someone he or she isn't; we feel crazy when we try to pretend that person is someone he or she is not.

Kindness and a generous spirit go a long way. And a sense of humor. It's like medicine - very healing.

It took me realizing that a broken heart has never actually killed anyone to find the courage to ask for what I want, in just about every situation. That was part of my own growing up.