Martha Beck Quotes & Sayings (Page 10)

“Anger elicits anger, fear elicits fear, no matter how well meaning we may be.”

“I don't believe that there are no spiritual beings around us. I don't know what to call them, I don't know how they work. But I know they're there.”

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

“Do whatever it takes to convey your essential self.”

“Most of my clients don't realize that the way they look and the way they think about their looks are two separate issues.”

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

“Friends, there are many areas in which I need encouragement, but worrying is not one of them. I worry the way Renee Fleming sings high Cs: Effortlessly. Loudly. At length.”

“It takes about four days of virtuous living to create a little weight loss. That also happens to be the time required to get used to eating less. In other words, if you can get past day three of a fitness regimen, things improve.”

“Cheerfully fessing up to our failures turns crazy mind off, humility and compassion on. I learned this in a karate dojo that had a strange tradition. Everyone there loved recounting failure stories, and after an evening of smacking one another, we'd sit and have a beer while the students swapped tales of martial arts disaster.”

“Expectation loiters in the DNA of every sentient being; when you tell yourself or a loved one, 'Don't get your hopes up,' you're fighting ancient genetic programming.”