--- title: "18 Feels Quotes By Martha Beck" description: "18 Feels quotes by Martha Beck. Plus more from Martha Beck and more Feels sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/242/martha-beck-961_doe_does-this-feel-warmer-or-colder-1068649_1068649.png" --- > [Does this feel warmer or colder?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/does-this-feel-warmer-or-colder/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/242/martha-beck-961_doe_does-this-feel-warmer-or-colder-1068649_1068649.png) > [Don't let your life revolve around whatever you're trying not to do or feel. Live to experience, not to avoid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/don-t-let-your-life-revolve-around-whatever-you-re-trying-not-to-do/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc1/martha-beck-961_feels_don-t-let-your-life-revolve-around-whate_1274108.png) > [A true leader is not someone who feels fully informed but someone who continuously receives insight and guidance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/a-true-leader-is-not-someone-who-feels-fully-informed-but-someone-who/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fed/martha-beck-961_feels_a-true-leader-is-not-someone-who-feels-f_281314.png) > [Your first daily priority should be stillness, attention to what you really know and what you really feel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/your-first-daily-priority-should-be-stillness-attention-to-what-you/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b4/martha-beck-961_attention_your-first-daily-priority-should-be-stil_2201860.png) > [Rest until you feel like playing, then play until you feel like resting, period. Never do anything else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/rest-until-you-feel-like-playing-then-play-until-you-feel-like/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7aa/martha-beck-961_anything_rest-until-you-feel-like-playing-then-pl_3005541.png) > [When making a decision, focus on what feels "shackles off" versus "shackles on".](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/when-making-a-decision-focus-on-what-feels-shackles-off-versus/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/873/martha-beck-961_choices_when-making-a-decision-focus-on-what-fee_2582743.png) > [Feel about yourself what you would have others feel about themselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/feel-about-yourself-what-you-would-have-others-feel-about-themselves/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bba/martha-beck-961_about-yourself_feel-about-yourself-what-you-would-have_1499001.png) > [Humans only really learn from each other by storytelling. We didn't evolve to memorize things. We evolved to hear each other's stories…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/humans-only-really-learn-from-each-other-by-storytelling-we-didn-t/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e1/martha-beck-961_evolve_humans-only-really-learn-from-each-other_2596042.png) > [Given the eclectic and constantly shifting nature of my metaphysical inclinations, I will probably never feel certain exactly what an angel is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/given-the-eclectic-and-constantly-shifting-nature-of-my-metaphysical/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c07/martha-beck-961_angel_given-the-eclectic-and-constantly-shifti_3107550.png) > [I am free, and always have been; free to accept my own reality, free to trust my perceptions, free to believe what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/i-am-free-and-always-have-been-free-to-accept-my-own-reality-free-to/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fd/martha-beck-961_accepting_i-am-free-and-always-have-been-free-to-a_1824610.png) > [Sometimes a psychic tells you something and it feels wrong and others may be right on the money. It's your choice about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/sometimes-a-psychic-tells-you-something-and-it-feels-wrong-and-others/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a13/martha-beck-961_choice_sometimes-a-psychic-tells-you-something_796535.png) > [Here is the crux of the matter, the distilled essence, the only thing you need to remember: When considering whether to say…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/here-is-the-crux-of-the-matter-the-distilled-essence-the-only-thing/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a92/martha-beck-961_considering_here-is-the-crux-of-the-matter-the-disti_745347.png) > [The really potent part of love is that it allows you to carry around beliefs about yourself that make you feel special,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/the-really-potent-part-of-love-is-that-it-allows-you-to-carry-around/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/783/martha-beck-961_about-yourself_the-really-potent-part-of-love-is-that-i_1919610.jpg) > [The way to find your own North Star is not to think or feel your way forward but to dissolve the thoughts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/the-way-to-find-your-own-north-star-is-not-to-think-or-feel-your-way/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3e/martha-beck-961_blind_the-way-to-find-your-own-north-star-is-n_2817640.png) > [If you feel stuck in your present life, if you feel no enthusiasm for anything, if you think you have no purpose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/if-you-feel-stuck-in-your-present-life-if-you-feel-no-enthusiasm-for/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e17/martha-beck-961_dungeons_if-you-feel-stuck-in-your-present-life-i_1001080.jpg) > [Don’t hide love. If you feel it, express it-not to demand that others love you back, but simply to live outwardly the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/don-t-hide-love-if-you-feel-it-express-it-not-to-demand-that-others/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e9/martha-beck-961_demand_don-t-hide-love-if-you-feel-it-express-i_143983.png) > [The effect of emotional venting is to sustain an unsatisfactory status quo. Most people think the opposite, that complaining is part of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/the-effect-of-emotional-venting-is-to-sustain-an-unsatisfactory/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/375/martha-beck-961_circumstances_the-effect-of-emotional-venting-is-to-su_2003732.jpg) > [Everything I've ever taught in terms of self-help boils down to this - I cannot believe people keep paying me to say…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/everything-i-ve-ever-taught-in-terms-of-self-help-boils-down-to-this/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/714/martha-beck-961_believe_everything-i-ve-ever-taught-in-terms-of_2359091.png) ## Other authors on Feels ## More by Martha Beck > [Imagine what you'd do if it absolutely didn't matter what people thought of you. Got it? Good. Never go back.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/imagine-what-you-d-do-if-it-absolutely-didn-t-matter-what-people/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/in-one-century-we-ve-added-28-years-to-our-average-life-span-a-change/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/if-i-tell-a-man-he-needs-to-quit-his-soul-sucking-job-he-has-to-go/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) > [I was learning to track rhinoceroses in Africa and tracked right up on an animal that really I thought was going to kill me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/i-was-learning-to-track-rhinoceroses-in-africa-and-tracked-right-up/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/there-has-never-been-and-never-will-be-anyone-who-sees-thinks-or/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) > [Loneliness is proof that your innate search for connection is intact.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/loneliness-is-proof-that-your-innate-search-for-connection-is-intact/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) > [Most of my clients don't realize that the way they look and the way they think about their looks are two separate issues.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/most-of-my-clients-don-t-realize-that-the-way-they-look-and-the-way/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) > [The power to bring me out of solitude - or to push me back into it - had never belonged to another person. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/the-power-to-bring-me-out-of-solitude-or-to-push-me-back-into-it-had/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/learning-to-quit-while-you-re-not-ahead-when-the-dull-ooze-of/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) > [The important thing is to tell yourself a life story in which you, the hero, are primarily a problem solver rather than a helpless…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/the-important-thing-is-to-tell-yourself-a-life-story-in-which-you-the/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/a-joyful-life-isn-t-about-others-it-s-about-the-brightness-that-is/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) > [Fear is the raw material from which courage is manufactured. Without it, we wouldn't even know what it means to be brave.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/fear-is-the-raw-material-from-which-courage-is-manufactured-without/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) > [Many people think passion is a fuzzy feeling that makes taking action effortless. In fact, it's the gritty courage and tenacity to forge onward.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/many-people-think-passion-is-a-fuzzy-feeling-that-makes-taking-action/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) > [Angels come in many shapes and sizes, and most of them are not invisible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/angels-come-in-many-shapes-and-sizes-and-most-of-them-are-not/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) > [Truth itself is something you live, not something you think.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/truth-itself-is-something-you-live-not-something-you-think/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feels/martha-beck/#itemlist", "name": "18 Feels Quotes By Martha Beck", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Does this feel warmer or colder?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Martha Beck" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/does-this-feel-warmer-or-colder/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/242/martha-beck-961_doe_does-this-feel-warmer-or-colder-1068649_1068649.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/242/martha-beck-961_doe_does-this-feel-warmer-or-colder-1068649_1068649.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/242/martha-beck-961_doe_does-this-feel-warmer-or-colder-1068649_1068649.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Does this feel warmer or colder?” — Martha Beck", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Don't let your life revolve around whatever you're trying not to do or feel. 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