Make stuff up. Anyone who ever did something new or interesting was making it up as they went along. — Martha Beck Interesting Copy Share Image
Make a plan to change the world. For one night, don't disbelieve that you can. — Martha Beck Change the world Copy Share Image
I'd like to help repair the earth's ecosystems, and to fully live until I'm fully dead. — Martha Beck Dead Copy Share Image
People who get what they want tend to be the ones who make the effort to know what they want. — Martha Beck Effort Copy Share Image
Every instance of heartbreak can teach us powerful lessons about creating the kind of love we really want. — Martha Beck Heartbreak Copy Share Image
The average adult laughs 15 times a day; the average child, more than 400 times. — Martha Beck Average Copy Share Image
I've developed the habit of mentally listing things that make me optimistic about the future. I do it every day. — Martha Beck Anticipation Copy Share Image
Having fun is not a diversion from a successful life; it is the pathway to it. — Martha Beck Diversion Copy Share Image
I have come to believe that there are infinite passageways out of the shadows, infinite vehicles to transport us into the light. — Martha Beck Believe Copy Share Image
If you'd rather live surrounded by pristine objects than by the traces of happy memories, stay focused on tangible things. Otherwise, stop… — Martha Beck Caring 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… — Martha Beck Alive Copy Share Image
Whoever said that love is blind was dead wrong. Love is the only thing on this earth that lets us see each… — Martha Beck Accuracy Copy Share Image
I majored in Chinese. I was never really good at Chinese but I really, really benefited from having been exposed to Asian… — Martha Beck Asian Copy Share Image
The moment we begin tolerating meanness, in ourselves and others, we are using our authorial power in the service of wrongdoing. We… — Martha Beck Capacity Copy Share Image
As a life coach, I love makeovers, from new clothes to surgery, pedicures to highlights. But redoing makes you feel better only… — Martha Beck Attitude Copy Share Image
I feel about aging the way William Saroyan said he felt about death: Everybody has to do it, but I always believed… — Martha Beck About Copy Share Image
There are several ways to mess up your life by fighting to make your calendar age match your felt age. I live… — Martha Beck Age Copy Share Image
Most people think that once they've found their purpose and the power to practice it, they'll finally be at peace. Actually, though,… — Martha Beck Finals 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… — Martha Beck Be happy Copy Share Image
I had a client who was a professional baseball player once, and he would go to clubs and dance for seven, eight,… — Martha Beck Amazing Copy Share Image
Much protective self-criticism stems from growing up around people who wouldn't or couldn't love you, and it's likely they still can't or… — Martha Beck Accepted Copy Share Image
All religious leaders and spiritual teachers emphasize finding a place within us that is true. People who obsessively follow these leaders instead… — Martha Beck Findings Copy Share Image
Explorers depend on the North Star when there are no other landmarks in sight. The same relationship exists between you and your… — Martha Beck Believe Copy Share Image
Western democracies exalt the ideal of social equality, but our economic system arguably emerged from 16th-century Calvinism, a religion whose members believed… — Martha Beck Arguably Copy Share Image
Your first daily priority should be stillness, attention to what you really know and what you really feel. — Martha Beck Attention Copy Share Image
Absolutely lonely people have few personal interactions of any kind. — Martha Beck Interaction Copy Share Image
Judgments that constrain your giving are the very demons that are keeping you from receiving. — Martha Beck Constrain Copy Share Image
When you're weary, find relief. When you're strong, find delight. — Martha Beck Delight Copy Share Image
The process of spotting fear and refusing to obey it is the source of all true empowerment. — Martha Beck Empowerment Copy Share Image
You shine for who you are ... because no one can steal your light. — Martha Beck Light Copy Share Image
Trust in your truth. It will be the best decision you ever make. — Martha Beck Being the best Copy Share Image
It's only by starting in a place of peace that we find our purpose and power. — Martha Beck Peace Copy Share Image
Caring for your inner child has a powerful and surprisingly quick result: Do it and the child heals. — Martha Beck Caring Copy Share Image
To be really productive, it's as important to rest when we're tired as it is to work when we're inspired. — Martha Beck Important Copy Share Image
Whenever you go somewhere that speaks to your soul, you are going home to yourself. — Martha Beck Going Copy Share Image
A true leader is not someone who feels fully informed but someone who continuously receives insight and guidance. — Martha Beck Feels Copy Share Image
If you begin to face your fears, something bittersweet is going to happen to you: You'll grow up. — Martha Beck Bittersweet Copy Share Image
People don’t cry when they lose their hope. They cry when they get it back. — Martha Beck Cry Copy Share Image
