--- title: "28 Way Quotes By Martha Beck" description: "28 Way quotes by Martha Beck. Plus more from Martha Beck and more Way sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b23/martha-beck-961_business_the-way-that-other-people-judge-me-is-no_507635.png" --- > [The way that other people judge me is none of my business.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/the-way-that-other-people-judge-me-is-none-of-my-business/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b23/martha-beck-961_business_the-way-that-other-people-judge-me-is-no_507635.png) > [The way out of fear isn’t safety. It’s freedom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/the-way-out-of-fear-isn-t-safety-it-s-freedom/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93d/martha-beck-961_fear_the-way-out-of-fear-isn-t-safety-it-s-fr_1220119.png) > [The way we do anything is the way we do everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/the-way-we-do-anything-is-the-way-we-do-everything/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec7/martha-beck-961_anything_the-way-we-do-anything-is-the-way-we-do_2418589.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) > [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) > [Friends, there are many areas in which I need encouragement, but worrying is not one of them. I worry the way Renee…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/friends-there-are-many-areas-in-which-i-need-encouragement-but/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b60/martha-beck-961_areas_friends-there-are-many-areas-in-which-i_2088496.jpg) > [As any good Buddhist will tell you, the only way to find permanent joy is by embracing the fact that nothing is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/as-any-good-buddhist-will-tell-you-the-only-way-to-find-permanent-joy-2/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/943/martha-beck-961_buddhism_as-any-good-buddhist-will-tell-you-the-o_2792838.png) > [Any transition serious enough to alter your definition of self will require not just small adjustments in your way of living and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/any-transition-serious-enough-to-alter-your-definition-of-self-will/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e59/martha-beck-961_change_any-transition-serious-enough-to-alter-y_793138.png) > [“The end goal of all of this striving is to live joyfully, and that there are often more direct ways of achieving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/the-end-goal-of-all-of-this-striving-is-to-live-joyfully-and-that/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fa/martha-beck-961_achieve_the-end-goal-of-all-of-this-striving-is_511432.png) > [“Try seeing your world and yourself this way, eyes open to whatever is before you, mind free of dichotomies. Are you good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/try-seeing-your-world-and-yourself-this-way-eyes-open-to-whatever-is/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96d/martha-beck-961_dichotomy_try-seeing-your-world-and-yourself-this_330007.png) > [The only way to the Place beyond Fear is to do the thing you fear most. This is how to surrender to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/the-only-way-to-the-place-beyond-fear-is-to-do-the-thing-you-fear/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f9/martha-beck-961_destiny_the-only-way-to-the-place-beyond-fear-is_1975501.png) > [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) > [The past doesn’t exist except as a memory, a mental story, and though past events aren’t changeable, your stories about them are.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/the-past-doesn-t-exist-except-as-a-memory-a-mental-story-and-though/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e4/martha-beck-961_events_the-past-doesn-t-exist-except-as-a-memor_482777.jpg) > [What should you do now? Find a new way. A better way. Your way. The unknown, uncharted path through this wild new…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/what-should-you-do-now-find-a-new-way-a-better-way-your-way-the/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6a/martha-beck-961_better-way_what-should-you-do-now-find-a-new-way-a_2351226.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/we-can-t-save-ourselves-from-fear-by-seeking-safety-because-safety/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/328/martha-beck-961_fear_we-can-t-save-ourselves-from-fear-by-see_594068.png) > [This is the part of us that makes our brief, improbable little lives worth living: the ability to reach through our own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/this-is-the-part-of-us-that-makes-our-brief-improbable-little-lives/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d84/martha-beck-961_ability_this-is-the-part-of-us-that-makes-our-br_1994753.jpg) > [There has never been, and never will be, anyone who sees, thinks, or responds exactly the way you do. Whether you’re revolutionizing…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d71/martha-beck-961_differences_there-has-never-been-and-never-will-be-a_32253.jpg) > [Trying to motivate yourself with fear is like screaming at a child, “Do something, dammit!” You’ll either freeze up or act in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/trying-to-motivate-yourself-with-fear-is-like-screaming-at-a-child-do/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/589/martha-beck-961_children_trying-to-motivate-yourself-with-fear-is_2310438.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) > [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) > [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) > [Most of my clients don't realize that the way they look and the way they think about their looks are two separate…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76e/martha-beck-961_clients_most-of-my-clients-don-t-realize-that-th_45657.png) > [I really do think that any deep crisis is an opportunity to make your life extraordinary in some way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/i-really-do-think-that-any-deep-crisis-is-an-opportunity-to-make-your/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/719/martha-beck-961_crisis_i-really-do-think-that-any-deep-crisis-i_2893614.png) > [I feel about aging the way William Saroyan said he felt about death: Everybody has to do it, but I always believed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/i-feel-about-aging-the-way-william-saroyan-said-he-felt-about-death/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d63/martha-beck-961_about_i-feel-about-aging-the-way-william-saroy_2030558.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) > [By the end of your incredibly arduous, disappointing, stressful journey, you will be your true self, in a place where you belong,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/by-the-end-of-your-incredibly-arduous-disappointing-stressful-journey/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee8/martha-beck-961_belong_by-the-end-of-your-incredibly-arduous-di_2538210.png) > [Welcoming imperfection is the way to accomplish what perfectionism promises but never delivers. It gives us our best performance and genuine acceptance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/welcoming-imperfection-is-the-way-to-accomplish-what-perfectionism/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c38/martha-beck-961_acceptance_welcoming-imperfection-is-the-way-to-acc_2616543.jpg) > [Many of us assume that we have to do things a certain way: ignore passion in favor of safer bets, act stoic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/many-of-us-assume-that-we-have-to-do-things-a-certain-way-ignore/) [Martha Beck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martha-beck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18e/martha-beck-961_acquisition_many-of-us-assume-that-we-have-to-do-thi_2085582.jpg) ## Other authors on Way ## 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/way/martha-beck/#itemlist", "name": "28 Way Quotes By Martha Beck", "numberOfItems": 28, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The way that other people judge me is none of my business.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Martha Beck" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martha-beck/the-way-that-other-people-judge-me-is-none-of-my-business/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b23/martha-beck-961_business_the-way-that-other-people-judge-me-is-no_507635.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b23/martha-beck-961_business_the-way-that-other-people-judge-me-is-no_507635.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b23/martha-beck-961_business_the-way-that-other-people-judge-me-is-no_507635.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The way that other people judge me is none of my business.” — Martha Beck", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The way out of fear isn’t safety. 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