Martha Beck best Equality Quotes – “Western democracies exalt the ideal of social equality, but our economic system arguably emerged from 16th-century Calvinism, a religion whose members believed that God showed favor by bestowing wealth and other forms of success on what they called ‘the chosen.'”
Martha Beck best Failure Quotes – “Fact: From quitting smoking to skiing, we succeed to the degree we try, fail, and learn. Studies show that people who worry about mistakes shut down, but those who are relaxed about doing badly soon learn to do well. Success is built on failure.”
Martha Beck best Dating Quotes – “Good-looking individuals are treated better than homely ones in virtually every social situation, from dating to trial by jury.”
Martha Beck best Change Quotes – “Life is full of tough decisions, and nothing makes them easy. But the worst ones are really your personal koans, and tormenting ambivalence is just the sense of satori rising. Try, trust, try, and trust again, and eventually you’ll feel your mind change its focus to a new level of understanding.”
Martha Beck best Change Quotes – “My point is that perceptual bias can affect nut jobs and scientists alike. If we hold too rigidly to what we think we know, we ignore or avoid evidence of anything that might change our mind.”
Martha Beck best Beauty Quotes – “Although beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, the feeling of being beautiful exists solely in the mind of the beheld.”
Martha Beck best Attitude Quotes – “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.”
Martha Beck best Anger Quotes – “Self-pity, a dominant characteristic of sociopaths, is also the characteristic that differentiates heroic storytelling from psychological rumination. When you talk about your experiences to shed light, you may feel wrenching pain, grief, anger, or shame. Your audience may pity you, but not because you want them to.”
Martha Beck best Anger Quotes – “Anger elicits anger, fear elicits fear, no matter how well meaning we may be.”
Martha Beck best Anger Quotes – “Allowing children to show their guilt, show their grief, show their anger, takes the sting out of the situation.”
Martha Beck best Alone Quotes – “No one else can take risks for us, or face our losses on our behalf, or give us self-esteem. No one can spare us from life’s slings and arrows, and when death comes, we meet it alone.”
Martha Beck best Alone Quotes – “Absolutely lonely people have few personal interactions of any kind.”