Martha Beck Quotes About Children

Quotes about: Children

• Caring for your inner child has a powerful and surprisingly quick result: Do it and the child heals.

  Martha Beck

  Children, Powerful, Caring

• The average adult laughs 15 times a day; the average child, more than 400 times.

  Martha Beck

  Children, Average, Laughing

• Allowing children to show their guilt, show their grief, show their anger, takes the sting out of the situation.

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  Children, Grief, Anger

• 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 I'm even a few minutes late. Such calls often come in when I'm happily writing or rearranging the furniture. The monochrones in my life are so organized, they have no trouble remembering to remind me to show up.

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  Children, Writing, Phones

• A lot of my clients say they don't deserve to mope about their sad little memories while children are starving in India. I say that just because your broken arm isn't as serious as someone else's gut wound, that doesn't mean your injury isn't excruciating or doesn't require attention. If you want to help the Indian children, or make the world a better place in any other way, you have to start by becoming whole yourself.

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  Memories, Children, Mean

  Martha Beck (2008). “Finding Your Own North Star: Claiming the Life You Were Meant to Live”, p.145, Harmony

• To follow your life's guidance, you may have to reassign some seemingly important things to 'unimportant.' If you believe that pleasing your horrible boss or having a spotless house is a higher priority than playing with your children or sleeping off the flu, be prepared for a long and strenuous battle against destiny. Also, be prepared to lose.

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  Children, Believe, Sleep

• Trying to motivate yourself with fear is like screaming
  at a child, “Do something, dammit!” You’ll either
  freeze up or act in counterproducti ve ways. Fear
  widens the knowing-doing gap. Don’t use it.

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  Children, Knowing, Trying

• Children who assume adult responsibilities feel old when they're young.

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  Children, Responsibility, Adults

• Only since the Industrial Revolution have most people worked in places away from their homes or been left to raise small children without the help of multiple adults, making for an unsupported life.

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  Children, Home, People

• Adults under threat feel like children.

  Martha Beck

  Children, Adults, Threat

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