--- title: "28 Ifs Quotes By Martha Beck" description: "28 Ifs quotes by Martha Beck. Plus more from Martha Beck and more Ifs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08c/martha-beck-961_abandoned_if-you-re-feeling-abandoned-by-the-world_1821924.png" --- > [If you're feeling abandoned by the world, interact with anyone you can.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/if-you-re-feeling-abandoned-by-the-world-interact-with-anyone-you-can/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08c/martha-beck-961_abandoned_if-you-re-feeling-abandoned-by-the-world_1821924.png) > [If you're miserable, make a choice. If you're still miserable, you can choose again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/if-you-re-miserable-make-a-choice-if-you-re-still-miserable-you-can/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dae/martha-beck-961_choice_if-you-re-miserable-make-a-choice-if-you_2213905.png) > [If you begin to face your fears, something bittersweet is going to happen to you: You'll grow up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/if-you-begin-to-face-your-fears-something-bittersweet-is-going-to/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd8/martha-beck-961_bittersweet_if-you-begin-to-face-your-fears-somethin_1585579.png) > [You will know how to stop suffering as soon as suffering ceases to be valuable. If you are in pain, you are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/you-will-know-how-to-stop-suffering-as-soon-as-suffering-ceases-to-be/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ec/martha-beck-961_cease_you-will-know-how-to-stop-suffering-as-s_3014678.png) > [Imagine the choices you'd make if you had no fear-of falling, of losing, of being alone, of disapproval.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/imagine-the-choices-you-d-make-if-you-had-no-fear-of-falling-of/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74e/martha-beck-961_choice_imagine-the-choices-you-d-make-if-you-ha_2533852.png) > [If you’re doing something you love with people you love in a place you love, you are going to create something of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/if-you-re-doing-something-you-love-with-people-you-love-in-a-place/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ee/martha-beck-961_ifs_if-you-re-doing-something-you-love-with_1222554.png) > [This very moment of your life, if you experience it fully, will show you astonishing wonders and exquisite delights.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/this-very-moment-of-your-life-if-you-experience-it-fully-will-show/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f9/martha-beck-961_astonishing_this-very-moment-of-your-life-if-you-exp_983786.png) > [What would you do if you knew that every good thing in your life depended on your getting enough rest? Because it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/what-would-you-do-if-you-knew-that-every-good-thing-in-your-life/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/208/martha-beck-961_doe_what-would-you-do-if-you-knew-that-every_3037677.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) > [“If you see failure as a monster stalking you, or one that has already ruined your life, take another look. That monster…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/if-you-see-failure-as-a-monster-stalking-you-or-one-that-has-already/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af0/martha-beck-961_benevolent_if-you-see-failure-as-a-monster-stalking_2080678.png) > [If your life is cloudy and you're far, far off course, you may have to go on faith for a while, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/if-your-life-is-cloudy-and-you-re-far-far-off-course-you-may-have-to/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/921/martha-beck-961_cloudy_if-your-life-is-cloudy-and-you-re-far-fa_829811.png) > [If you find yourself getting nervous stop and relax for three full breaths. Then take one small step, then another. That is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/if-you-find-yourself-getting-nervous-stop-and-relax-for-three-full/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/747/martha-beck-961_anxiety_if-you-find-yourself-getting-nervous-sto_2193593.png) > [If you ask people, as I often do, how they make decisions, 'lucky' people will talk about tuning in to information and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/if-you-ask-people-as-i-often-do-how-they-make-decisions-lucky-people/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/753/martha-beck-961_asks_if-you-ask-people-as-i-often-do-how-they_3236509.jpg) > [Do whatever work feeds your true self, even if it’s not a safe bet, even if it’s like a crazy risk, even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/do-whatever-work-feeds-your-true-self-even-if-it-s-not-a-safe-bet/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7d6/martha-beck-961_crazy_do-whatever-work-feeds-your-true-self-ev_1956794.jpg) > [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) > [If you're a bit spongy, vulnerable to the unsettling energy of others, count yourself lucky. You've been given an incentive to armor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/if-you-re-a-bit-spongy-vulnerable-to-the-unsettling-energy-of-others/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74c/martha-beck-961_armor_if-you-re-a-bit-spongy-vulnerable-to-the_1518704.png) > [I explain to everyone I deal with-co-workers, children, friends-that I'm transitionally challenged and they should call me on my cell phone if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/i-explain-to-everyone-i-deal-with-co-workers-children-friends-that-i/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c38/martha-beck-961_call-me_i-explain-to-everyone-i-deal-with-co-wor_567487.png) > [Your body is free but your heart is in prison. To release your heart, you simply reverse the process which locked it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/your-body-is-free-but-your-heart-is-in-prison-to-release-your-heart/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/846/martha-beck-961_another-way_your-body-is-free-but-your-heart-is-in-p_112692.jpg) > [If a problem looks difficult, relax. If it looks impossible, relax even more. Then begin encouraging small changes, putting just enough pressure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/if-a-problem-looks-difficult-relax-if-it-looks-impossible-relax-even/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18e/martha-beck-961_celebrate_if-a-problem-looks-difficult-relax-if-it_1926365.jpg) > [You are lovable. Can you show me any baby in any nursery who isn't priceless? No. There's no such thing as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/you-are-lovable-can-you-show-me-any-baby-in-any-nursery-who-isn-t/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75a/martha-beck-961_astonishing_you-are-lovable-can-you-show-me-any-baby_1330511.jpg) > [To follow your life's guidance, you may have to reassign some seemingly important things to 'unimportant.' If you believe that pleasing your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/to-follow-your-life-s-guidance-you-may-have-to-reassign-some/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb7/martha-beck-961_battle_to-follow-your-life-s-guidance-you-may-h_2779280.jpg) > [Silence comes in two varieties: One that nourishes and comforts; another that chokes, smothers, and isolates. Solitary confinement is the worst kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/silence-comes-in-two-varieties-one-that-nourishes-and-comforts/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa0/martha-beck-961_abyss_silence-comes-in-two-varieties-one-that_984790.jpg) > [If you think there is no action that you can perform in your current circumstances that will increase the supply of love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/if-you-think-there-is-no-action-that-you-can-perform-in-your-current/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/898/martha-beck-961_action_if-you-think-there-is-no-action-that-you_1328993.png) > [A lot of my clients say they don't deserve to mope about their sad little memories while children are starving in India.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/a-lot-of-my-clients-say-they-don-t-deserve-to-mope-about-their-sad/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e88/martha-beck-961_arms_a-lot-of-my-clients-say-they-don-t-deser_1103499.jpg) > [If you did nothing but pursue the truth about yourself for the rest of your life, you would never run out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/if-you-did-nothing-but-pursue-the-truth-about-yourself-for-the-rest/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fdd/martha-beck-961_about-yourself_if-you-did-nothing-but-pursue-the-truth_3117409.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) > [I'm not saying we have power over everything in our lives - if that were true, my hair would look so, so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/i-m-not-saying-we-have-power-over-everything-in-our-lives-if-that/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfd/martha-beck-961_am_i-m-not-saying-we-have-power-over-everyt_2877082.jpg) ## Other authors on Ifs ## 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/ifs/martha-beck/#itemlist", "name": "28 Ifs Quotes By Martha Beck", "numberOfItems": 28, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you're feeling abandoned by the world, interact with anyone you can.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Martha Beck" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/if-you-re-feeling-abandoned-by-the-world-interact-with-anyone-you-can/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08c/martha-beck-961_abandoned_if-you-re-feeling-abandoned-by-the-world_1821924.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08c/martha-beck-961_abandoned_if-you-re-feeling-abandoned-by-the-world_1821924.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08c/martha-beck-961_abandoned_if-you-re-feeling-abandoned-by-the-world_1821924.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you're feeling abandoned by the world, interact with anyone you can.” — Martha Beck", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you're miserable, make a choice. 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