Martha Beck Quotes

Growing up sucks, doesn't it? I understand why people wouldn't want to get old - but it'd be one thing if we became a culture obsessed with eating right, doing yoga, going to therapy and becoming at one with ourselves. That be great. But we don't do that. We seem to be obsessed with all the wrong ways to stay young.

You try to be young, maybe you like to have a few toys, but it's not the most important thing in life.

One thing I didn't understand in life was that I had $100,000,000 in the bank and I couldn't buy happiness. I had everything: mansions, yachts, Ferraris, Lamborghinis, but I was depressed. I didn't know where I fitted in. But then I found family and friends and I learned the value of life.

Something pretty... that's just the surface. People worry so much about aging, but you look younger if you don't worry about it.

When you ask people what affects their wellbeing most, they think of health and wealth.

I think some of that comes with age, with life in general, to try to keep yourself as healthy as possible.

I'm an old guy. I don't hustle and I don't bustle. So sometimes you're behind, but that's okay. Your peace of mind is more important. I have seen the people who hustle and bustle, and they are already gone, at a young age. They could have enjoyed life.

The groundwork of all happiness is health.

I was one of those people who put too much emphasis on work and career and material possessions, and it took its toll on all my relationships, on my physical health, my emotional and mental health.

It's the age of information and we need to just get as informed as we can about what other things might help us live healthy lives.

Healthy people live with their world.

Physical comforts cannot subdue mental suffering, and if we look closely, we can see that those who have many possessions are not necessarily happy. In fact, being wealthy often brings even more anxiety.

There's nothing more important than our good health - that's our principal capital asset.

Always leave enough time in your life to do something that makes you happy, satisfied, even joyous. That has more of an effect on economic well-being than any other single factor.

There is no evidence that success in business will make us happy people or allow us to have happy families.

The most important thing for me is health - you wake up in the morning, you can breathe, and you can walk.

But I just felt at one point that I was on a hamster wheel, you know? Just doing movie after movie and thinking so much about career related things and I think missing out on hanging with my friends and family as much I needed to.

Rock and menopause do not mix. It is not good, it sucks and every day I fight it to the death, or, at the very least, not let it take me over.

I started turning 40 at 38. I had pains all over my body. I couldn't sleep, I had rampant anxiety, and I couldn't stop eating and drinking.

You know when you read that someone has to leave a show or a tour because they had 'nervous exhaustion'? Well, I had one of those and discovered that I was quite close to death. I always assumed that my lifestyle was going to take me at an early age, but when it was actually occurring I was, 'Not yet!' I pulled back.

Other people get moody in their forties and fifties - men get the male menopause. I missed the whole thing. I was just really happy.

My health is the No. 1 concern and my longevity is the No. 1 concern.

I think when the full horror of being fifty hits you, you should stay home and have a good cry.

The only really important thing, at the end of the day, is your health. If you haven't got that, then all the money in the world isn't going to bring you happiness.

It's all about quality of life and finding a happy balance between work and friends and family.