Fear is the raw material from which courage is manufactured. Without it, we wouldn't even know what it means to be brave. — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
Once we're willing to confront our emotional suffering, we begin making choices based on attraction instead of aversion, love instead of fear.… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
“It was the first time I had spoken to them directly. In doing so, I felt myself cross a fine but very… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
We can’t save ourselves from fear by seeking safety, because safety always means there’s something to be safe from-in other words, something… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
Hopeful thinking can get you out of your fear zone and into your appreciation zone. — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
“I’ve learned that the worst pain, fear, and torment I’ve ever experienced has only deepened my ability to experience joy. I feel… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
The way we can allow ourselves to do what we need to, no matter what others may say or do, is to… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
The process of spotting fear and refusing to obey it is the source of all true empowerment. — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
Don't fight fearful thoughts. Just match each one with an alternative thought that brings you more peace. — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
If you begin to face your fears, something bittersweet is going to happen to you: You'll grow up. — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
Anger elicits anger, fear elicits fear, no matter how well meaning we may be. — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
You will never realize your best destiny through the avoidance of fear. Rather, you will realize it through the exercise of courage,… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
The only way to the Place beyond Fear is to do the thing you fear most. This is how to surrender to… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
Ten years ago, I still feared loss enough to abandon myself in order to keep things stable. I'd smile when I was… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
Trying to motivate yourself with fear is like screaming at a child, “Do something, dammit!” You’ll either freeze up or act in… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
When fear makes your choices for you, no security measures on earth will keep the things you dread from finding you. But… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
Imagine the choices you'd make if you had no fear-of falling, of losing, of being alone, of disapproval. — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
Instead of fretting about getting everything done, why not simply accept that being alive means having things to do? Then drop into… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
The difference between success and failure isn't the absence of fear but the determination to pursue your heart's desires no matter how… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
I want you to notice is that-right here, right now-you’re okay. You may be in pain, you may be in fear, you… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
Imagine what you'd do if it absolutely didn't matter what people thought of you. Got it? Good. Never go back. — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
In one century, we've added 28 years to our average life span - a change so rapid that our brains couldn't possibly have evolved… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
If I tell a man he needs to quit his soul-sucking job, he has to go home and fight with his wife or fight… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
I was learning to track rhinoceroses in Africa and tracked right up on an animal that really I thought was going to kill me. — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
There has never been, and never will be, anyone who sees, thinks, or responds exactly the way you do. Whether you’re revolutionizing physics or… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
Most of my clients don't realize that the way they look and the way they think about their looks are two separate issues. — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
The power to bring me out of solitude - or to push me back into it - had never belonged to another person. It… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
Learning to quit while you're not ahead, when the dull ooze of depression tells you things are not going to get any better, is… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
The important thing is to tell yourself a life story in which you, the hero, are primarily a problem solver rather than a helpless… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
A joyful life isn’t about others; it’s about the brightness that is associated with being alive. Your path to it is through anything that… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
Fear is the raw material from which courage is manufactured. Without it, we wouldn't even know what it means to be brave. — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
