Martha Beck Quotes

Men can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life is happiness.

Life is too short to be living somebody else's dream.

A successful life is one that is lived through understanding and pursuing one's own path, not chasing after the dreams of others.

There is more to life than show business.

When we want to be something other than the thing God wants us to be, we must be wanting what, in fact, will not make us happy.

The goal isn't to be successful; it's to be happy. And so it doesn't matter if I'm doing things in New York or teaching high school or I drop it altogether and sell coffee. The goal is to be happy, and people and relationships are what makes you happy.

To find in ourselves what makes life worth living is risky business, for it means that once we know we must seek it. It also means that without it life will be valueless.

Follow your passion. Nothing - not wealth, success, accolades or fame - is worth spending a lifetime doing things you don't enjoy.

I've always known there's more to life than just racing for a long time.

The book 'Do You!' is about your inner voice. And when you connect to that voice then you - then the freedom comes. And we're only here to be happy. So happy makes money. Money doesn't make happy.

What's the subject of life - to get rich? All of those fellows out there getting rich could be dancing around the real subject of life.

I think most of us are raised with preconceived notions of the choices we're supposed to make. We waste so much time making decisions based on someone else's idea of our happiness - what will make you a good citizen or a good wife or daughter or actress. Nobody says, 'Just be happy - go be a cobbler or go live with goats.'

I am not happy, and the quest for happiness as a principal objective is not part of my world. Of course, ever since I can remember, I have done what I felt like doing.

People are starved for a way of life - they're hunting for a way to be or to act toward the world.

I don't want to make money, I just want to be wonderful.

It's good to be happy and tell us how cool your life is and how awesome you are on social media. That's great because it inspires other people to be happy, too. But a lot of times, people are trying to be happy in the wrong ways - with money or with different things that are not true happiness.

The only durable sense of success is if you've followed your calling.

If you want a good life, don't succeed at anything too early or too well. And don't choose a profession that attracts money or attention. The minute people want to see you doing what you do, you're finished.

We want you to find that thing that will make your life better.

Everyone wants to be happy at the end of the day. If we can pursue what we really want to do, we don't get bored of life.

I wanted to do something that gave my life meaning and purpose.

It's easy to be a people-pleaser, but that's not what makes me happy.

I'm very ambitious. But my overall goal, above ambition, is that I want to be happy with what I'm doing, and I want to be happy with myself.

It is all about quality of life and being proud of what I do. I need me to be me.

We have a lot of depressed people in the world because they don't know what their purpose is in life.