Martha Beck Quotes - Page 10

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• 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.

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  Passion, Thinking, People

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• We evolved to move and to learn with all our five senses!

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  Moving, Five Senses, Five

  "Oprah’s Life Coach on Achieving Your Goals" by Jean Fain, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 28, 2011.

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• 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

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• The end goal of all of this striving is to live joyfully, and that there are often more direct ways of achieving this than conforming to rigid standards set by social custom.

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  Standards Set, Goal, Way

  Martha Beck (2011). “Expecting Adam: A True Story of Birth, Rebirth, and Everyday Magic”, p.116, Harmony

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• I'm not saying we have power over everything in our lives - if that were true, my hair would look so, so different - but I am saying that there's no circumstance in which we are completely powerless.

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  Inspirational, Hair, Different

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• You will never realize your best destiny through the avoidance of fear.
  Rather, you will realize it through the exercise of courage, which
  means taking whatever action is most liberating to the soul, even when
  you are afraid.

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  Mean, Exercise, Destiny

  Martha Beck (2009). “Steering by Starlight: The Science and Magic of Finding Your Destiny”, p.44, Rodale

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• Absolutely lonely people have few personal interactions of any kind.

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  Lonely, People, Kind

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• Do whatever it takes to convey your essential self.

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  Self, Essentials, Whatever It Takes

  "Break out of your lonely season" by Martha Beck, www.cnn.com. April 23, 2008.

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• I have come to believe that there are infinite passageways out of the shadows, infinite vehicles to transport us into the light.

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  Believe, Light, Shadow

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• In fact, when care appears, unconditional love often vanishes.

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  Unconditional Love, Care, Facts

  "Love More, Care Less: ‘Detached Attachment’ and Other Boundary-Setting Ideas" by Martha Beck, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 5, 2012.

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• If you did nothing but pursue the truth about yourself for the rest of your life, you would never run out of fresh discoveries.

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  Running, Discovery, Rest Of Your Life

  Martha Beck (2008). “The Joy Diet: 10 Daily Practices for a Happier Life”, p.31, Harmony

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• Denial exists because human infants, though equipped with trust-o-meters, are built to trust, blindly and absolutely, any older person who wanders past.

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  Past, Denial, Meter

  "Simple Test Reveals If Someone Is Trustworthy" by Martha Beck, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 16, 2013.

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• People are so afraid of authority figures and doctors are authority figures.

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  Doctors, People, Medical

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• At times in my life, I have been utterly lonely. At other times, I've had disgusting infectious diseases. Try admitting these things in our culture.

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  Lonely, Trying, Admitting

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• This is the part of us that makes our brief, improbable little lives worth living: the ability to reach through our own isolation and find strength, and comfort, and warmth for and in each other. This is what human beings do. This is what we live for, the way horses live to run.

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  Running, Horse, Way

  Martha Beck (2011). “Expecting Adam: A True Story of Birth, Rebirth, and Everyday Magic”, p.139, Harmony

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• I want you to be supervised, all day every day, by people who forgive your errors and believe in your destiny.

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  Believe, Destiny, Errors

  "How To Silence Your Inner Critic Once And For All" by Martha Beck, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 28, 2013.

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• Ten bajillion product ads notwithstanding, your looks are another thing that's basically genetic.

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  Looks, Ads, Products

  "Stop Worrying! Anxiety-Busting Advice from Martha Beck" by Martha Beck, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 27, 2012.

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• Good-looking individuals are treated better than homely ones in virtually every social situation, from dating to trial by jury.

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  Dating, Society, Looking For Love

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