Martha Beck

“It is not your job to make others happy. It is your job to be happy and to let others be happy in their own way.”

“What you're supposed to do when you don't like a thing is change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think about it. Don't complain.”

“Worrying is praying for what you don't want.”

“Anytime you're practicing birth control, you're practicing mindfulness.”

“The moment of surrender is not when life is over. It's when it begins.”

“If you're not having fun, you're not learning. There's a pleasure principle in the human brain that is the key to all learning.”

“The universe is not short on miracles. It is short on people who expect them.”

“The only thing that will make you happy is being happy with who you are, and not who people think you are.”

“When you can't control what's happening, challenge yourself to control the way you respond to what's happening. That's where your power is.”

“The cost of failing is lying on your deathbed saying, 'I wish I had.'”

“Forgiveness is a clean slate. It's the chance to start over.”

“The structure of your life is the cumulative effect of your daily choices.”

“In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.”

“The part of you that is unhealed is the part of you that is going to create drama.”

“Fear is the raw material from which courage is manufactured. Without it, we wouldn't even know what it means to be brave.”

“If you want to be happy, you have to be willing to be miserable.”

“Your essential self is the part of you that’s been there since the day you were born.”

“Whatever you're meant to do, do it now. The conditions are always impossible.”

“The way to find your own north star is not to think or feel your way forward but to dissolve the thoughts and feelings that make you miserable.”

“Your body is the piece of the universe you've been given.”