--- title: "18 May Quotes By Martha Beck" description: "18 May quotes by Martha Beck. Plus more from Martha Beck and more May sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ed/martha-beck-961_difficult_no-matter-how-difficult-and-painful-it-m_1943805.png" --- > [No matter how difficult and painful it may be, nothing sounds as good to the soul as the truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/no-matter-how-difficult-and-painful-it-may-be-nothing-sounds-as-good/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ed/martha-beck-961_difficult_no-matter-how-difficult-and-painful-it-m_1943805.png) > [The way we can allow ourselves to do what we need to, no matter what others may say or do, is to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/the-way-we-can-allow-ourselves-to-do-what-we-need-to-no-matter-what/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b5/martha-beck-961_allow_the-way-we-can-allow-ourselves-to-do-wha_941824.png) > [Whatever terrible things may have happened to you, only one thing allows them to damage your core self, and that is continued…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/whatever-terrible-things-may-have-happened-to-you-only-one-thing/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0af/martha-beck-961_belief_whatever-terrible-things-may-have-happen_667449.png) > [A confession you make merely to illuminate the murky corners of your little life may end up lighting the path to freedom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/a-confession-you-make-merely-to-illuminate-the-murky-corners-of-your/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4e/martha-beck-961_confession_a-confession-you-make-merely-to-illumina_1624675.png) > [Anger elicits anger, fear elicits fear, no matter how well meaning we may be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/anger-elicits-anger-fear-elicits-fear-no-matter-how-well-meaning-we/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/497/martha-beck-961_anger_anger-elicits-anger-fear-elicits-fear-no_1664288.png) > [Although beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, the feeling of being beautiful exists solely in the mind of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/although-beauty-may-be-in-the-eye-of-the-beholder-the-feeling-of/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/320/martha-beck-961_beautiful_although-beauty-may-be-in-the-eye-of-the_846010.png) > [Indecision may come from an instinctive hunch that there's more you need to know - which means it's time to learn everything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/indecision-may-come-from-an-instinctive-hunch-that-there-s-more-you/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b7/martha-beck-961_about_indecision-may-come-from-an-instinctive_3195675.png) > [The heart is a tender but hardy organ. Daring to have a wonderful experience, even though you may get hurt, is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/the-heart-is-a-tender-but-hardy-organ-daring-to-have-a-wonderful/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/018/martha-beck-961_daring_the-heart-is-a-tender-but-hardy-organ-da_588554.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) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/i-want-you-to-notice-is-that-right-here-right-now-you-re-okay-you-may/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c5/martha-beck-961_fear_i-want-you-to-notice-is-that-right-here_3028926.jpg) > [Just one mental shift-focusing on the abundance of your environment-switches your psychological settings so that your life automatically improves in many areas…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/just-one-mental-shift-focusing-on-the-abundance-of-your-environment/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2d/martha-beck-961_abundance_just-one-mental-shift-focusing-on-the-ab_3004047.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) > [To complete your daily mental hygiene, observe any part of you that is upset or anxious, and offer that part of yourself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/to-complete-your-daily-mental-hygiene-observe-any-part-of-you-that-is/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18a/martha-beck-961_actually_to-complete-your-daily-mental-hygiene-ob_2026530.png) > [Our ideas about love and attractiveness are so primal, our need for belonging so intense, that most of us are loath to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/our-ideas-about-love-and-attractiveness-are-so-primal-our-need-for/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e3/martha-beck-961_abandon_our-ideas-about-love-and-attractiveness_1459168.jpg) > [Self-pity, a dominant characteristic of sociopaths, is also the characteristic that differentiates heroic storytelling from psychological rumination. When you talk about your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/self-pity-a-dominant-characteristic-of-sociopaths-is-also-the/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31e/martha-beck-961_about_self-pity-a-dominant-characteristic-of-s_2182807.jpg) > [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) > [Your life is not little, and your playing small doesn’t serve the world. Your living large, on the other hand-your being your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/your-life-is-not-little-and-your-playing-small-doesn-t-serve-the/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6f/martha-beck-961_being-your-true-self_your-life-is-not-little-and-your-playing_2587865.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) ## Other authors on May ## 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/may/martha-beck/#itemlist", "name": "18 May Quotes By Martha Beck", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { 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