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
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  2. If he can't handle you at your worst then he does not deserve you at your best. Real love means seeing beyond the words spoken out of pain, and instead seeing a person's soul. - Shannon L. Alder

  3. Maybe you expected marriage to be perfect - I guess that's where you and I are different. See, I thought it would be all about making mistakes, but doing it with someone who's there to remind you what you learned along the way. - Jodi Picoult

  4. True friends will always push you towards the great possibilities of your future, false friends will always chain you to the mistakes in your past. - Seth Brown

  5. I know I'm not going to be in your head all the time. But once you know me, I'll be forever in your heart.  - Crystal Woods

More Quotes By Martha Beck
  1. If you're living completely on your own, break out of solitary confinement. Seek to understand others, and help them understand you.

  2. There’s a Chinese word that means “soul sister, ” and that is the word I would use to address you in my heart. Listen to me, soul sister: Fate or luck or destiny already put you through hell once. Please don’t make it worse by...

  3. Martha, " she said. "Just let it go." "I'm trying, " I said. I want to explain to her that this was like telling someone who has been mauled to death by a bear to let the animal go while it was still worrying what...

  4. I am bewildering you a little. Just enough to help you forget what you came to believe, so that you can remember what you’ve always known.

  5. 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.

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