Top 131 Quotes by Martha Beck

About Martha Beck

These are some quotes by American author Martha Beck Author, who was born on November 29, 1962.

The most common reason we stumble into the delusion of powerlessness is that we're afraid of what other people would do or say or feel if we were to act as we wanted.

The most common reason we stumble into the delusion of powerlessness is that we're afraid of what other people would do or say or feel if we were to act as we wanted.

Martha Beck

Creating ways to be happy is your life's work, a challenge that won't end until you die.

Creating ways to be happy is your life's work, a challenge that won't end until you die.

Martha Beck

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 won't. In general, however, the more you let go of the tedious delusion of your own unattractiveness, the easier it will be for others to connect with you, and the more accepted you'll feel.

Martha Beck

When I tell a woman you really need to quit your soul-sucking job, she goes home, and she can tell her husband, 'I need to quit,' and he's like, 'O.K., let's do it.'

When I tell a woman you really need to quit your soul-sucking job, she goes home, and she can tell her husband, 'I need to quit,' and he's like, 'O.K., let's do it.'

Martha Beck

If you're religious, it gives you a perspective.

If you're religious, it gives you a perspective.

Martha Beck

A designated patient 'carries' the group's dysfunction. A designated issue performs the same service for an individual, dominating our psyches so that other troubles can go unnoticed.

A designated patient 'carries' the group's dysfunction. A designated issue performs the same service for an individual, dominating our psyches so that other troubles can go unnoticed.

Martha Beck

I practice staying calm all the time, beginning with situations that aren't tense.

I practice staying calm all the time, beginning with situations that aren't tense.

Martha Beck

Polite strangers often tell soothing lies about our physical appearance that prevent many of us from facing, discussing and solving our real problems.

Polite strangers often tell soothing lies about our physical appearance that prevent many of us from facing, discussing and solving our real problems.

Martha Beck

Seek art from every time and place, in any form, to connect with those who really move you.

Seek art from every time and place, in any form, to connect with those who really move you.

Martha Beck

To make an activity joyful, keep adding things until the activity as a whole becomes more appealing than repulsing.

To make an activity joyful, keep adding things until the activity as a whole becomes more appealing than repulsing.

Martha Beck

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