Martha Beck Quotes & Sayings (Page 13)

“Focusing on one mildly disturbing, semi-controllable issue allows the mind to stuff much greater terrors in relatively tidy packages.”

“I always felt that it was my job to try to help other people get it and deal with it.”

“I was learning to track rhinoceroses in Africa and tracked right up on an animal that really I thought was going to kill me.”

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

“Not everyone is equally good-looking.”

“Not having time or energy for weight loss makes no sense. Does it take more time or energy to eat fish than prime rib? No.”

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

“You get social pressure from your parents, who teach you to pay attention to certain things and not to others. You get it in school.”

“As a life coach, I love makeovers, from new clothes to surgery, pedicures to highlights. But redoing makes you feel better only if approached with the right attitude.”

“I had a client who was a professional baseball player once, and he would go to clubs and dance for seven, eight, nine hours at a time. He wouldn't drink, he wouldn't take drugs - he just danced because he had so much physical energy; he was this amazing athlete.”