Melody Beattie

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

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.

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.

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.