The average adult laughs 15 times a day; the average child, more than 400 times. — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
Having fun is not a diversion from a successful life; it is the pathway to it. — Martha Beck Diversion Copy Share Image
I've developed the habit of mentally listing things that make me optimistic about the future. I do it every day. — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
Judgments that constrain your giving are the very demons that are keeping you from receiving. — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
When you're weary, find relief. When you're strong, find delight. — Martha Beck Delight Copy Share Image
You shine for who you are ... because no one can steal your light. — Martha Beck Light Copy Share Image
It's only by starting in a place of peace that we find our purpose and power. — Martha Beck Peace Copy Share Image
Whoever said that love is blind was dead wrong. Love is the only thing on this earth that lets us see each… — Martha Beck Accuracy Copy Share Image
If we're stuck with having expectations, there's a very good reason to embrace positive ones: It's that we often create what we… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
The position that I take partly as a result of living in Asia is where you stop living according to your expectations… — Martha Beck Asia Copy Share Image
I majored in Chinese. I was never really good at Chinese but I really, really benefited from having been exposed to Asian… — Martha Beck Asian Copy Share Image
Perpetually doing, without ever tuning in to the center of our being, is the equivalent of fueling a mighty ship by tossing… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
I have come to believe that there are infinite passageways out of the shadows, infinite vehicles to transport us into the light. — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
I've never understood why some people hesitate before diving into unfamiliar tasks or activities. I couldn't imagine wanting more instructions about anything. — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
As much horror as we have always created, we are a species that keeps moving forward, seeing new sights in new ways,… — Martha Beck Horror Copy Share Image
I had a client who was a professional baseball player once, and he would go to clubs and dance for seven, eight,… — Martha Beck Amazing Copy Share Image
Explorers depend on the North Star when there are no other landmarks in sight. The same relationship exists between you and your… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
All religious leaders and spiritual teachers emphasize finding a place within us that is true. People who obsessively follow these leaders instead… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
Much protective self-criticism stems from growing up around people who wouldn't or couldn't love you, and it's likely they still can't or… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
If you think there is no action that you can perform in your current circumstances that will increase the supply of love… — Martha Beck Action Copy Share Image
Cheerfully fessing up to our failures turns crazy mind off, humility and compassion on. I learned this in a karate dojo that… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
Western democracies exalt the ideal of social equality, but our economic system arguably emerged from 16th-century Calvinism, a religion whose members believed… — Martha Beck Arguably Copy Share Image
To follow your life's guidance, you may have to reassign some seemingly important things to 'unimportant.' If you believe that pleasing your… — Martha Beck Battle Copy Share Image
Caring for your inner child has a powerful and surprisingly quick result: Do it and the child heals. — Martha Beck Caring Copy Share Image
Trust in your truth. It will be the best decision you ever make. — Martha Beck Being the best Copy Share Image
The process of spotting fear and refusing to obey it is the source of all true empowerment. — Martha Beck Empowerment Copy Share Image
To be really productive, it's as important to rest when we're tired as it is to work when we're inspired. — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
Ten bajillion product ads notwithstanding, your looks are another thing that's basically genetic. — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
Whenever you go somewhere that speaks to your soul, you are going home to yourself. — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
External circumstances do not create feeling states. Feeling states create external circumstances. — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
A true leader is not someone who feels fully informed but someone who continuously receives insight and guidance. — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
People don’t cry when they lose their hope. They cry when they get it back. — Martha Beck Cry Copy Share Image
If you begin to face your fears, something bittersweet is going to happen to you: You'll grow up. — Martha Beck Bittersweet Copy Share Image
Creating ways to be happy is your life's work, a challenge that won't end until you die. — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
Seek art from every time and place, in any form, to connect with those who really move you. — Martha Beck Art Copy Share Image
Anyone who comes into your life, under any circumstances, has something to teach you. — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
Be brave enough to turn away from shiny objects, and toward the light that makes them shine. — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
I want you to be supervised, all day every day, by people who forgive your errors and believe in your destiny. — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
