Life Balance Quotes - Page 2

• Man maintains his balance, poise, and sense of security only as he is moving forward.

  Maxwell Maltz

  Moving On, Moving Forward, Men

  Maxwell Maltz (1989). “Psycho-Cybernetics”, p.137, Simon and Schuster

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  A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life.

  William Arthur Ward

  Inspirational, Life, Happiness

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• Balance, peace, and joy are the fruit of a successful life.

  Thomas Kinkade

  Successful, Balance And Harmony, Joy

  "A Physician's Guide to Coping with Death and Dying". Book by Jan Swanson and Alan Cooper, December 9, 2004.

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• To acquire balance means to achieve that happy medium between the minimum and the maximum that represents your optimum. The minimum is the least you can get by with. The maximum is the most you're capable of. The optimum is the amount or degree of anything that is most favorable toward the ends you desire.

  Nido R Qubein

  Mean, Desire, Balance

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• Most people struggle with life balance simply because they haven't paid the price to decide what is really important to them.

  Stephen Covey

  Struggle, People, Goal

  "CNN Live On Location", www.cnn.com. January 9, 2003.

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• I've learned that you can't have everything and do everything at the same time.

  Oprah Winfrey

  Inspirational, Success, Self Esteem

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• If you haven't found it yet, keep looking.

  Steve Jobs

  Motivational, Inspirational Life, Hard Work

  Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 12 June 2005, Palo Alto, CA

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• Do not get so concerned with making a living that you forget to make a life.

  John Wooden

  Balance, Busy, Forget

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• Work, love and play are the great balance wheels of man's being.

  Orison Swett Marden

  Men, Play, Balance

  Orison Swett Marden (1918). “Love's Way”

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• Problems arise in that one has to find a balance between what people need from you and what you need for yourself.

  Jessye Norman

  People, Relaxation, Balance

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• Work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. The other four balls - family, health, friends, integrity - are made of glass. If you drop one of these, it will be irrevocably scuffed, nicked, perhaps even shattered.

  Gary W. Keller

  Motivation, Integrity, Glasses

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• Balance in the body is the foundation for balance in life.

  B.K.S. Iyengar

  Balance, Foundation, Body

  B.K.S. Iyengar, John J. Evans, Douglas Abrams (2006). “Light on Life: The Yoga Journey to Wholeness, Inner Peace, and Ultimate Freedom”, p.43, Rodale

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• The greatest miracle is the miracle of wakefulness, to awaken from the dream of life and to see infinity everywhere, even in the finite, in the simple doings of life.

  Frederick Lenz

  Dream, Buddhism, Simple

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• You need a balance in life between dealing with whats going on inside and not being so absorbed in yourself that it takes over.

  Nigella Lawson

  Balance, Needs

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• Energy enables a man to force his way through irksome drudgery and dry details and caries him onward and upward to every station in life.

  Samuel Smiles

  Men, Onward And Upward, Balance

  Samuel Smiles (1859). “Self-help; with illustrations of character and conduct”, p.152

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• Invest in your work life balance. Time with friends and family is as important as times at work. Getting that out of balance is a path toward unhappiness.

  Stephen Gillett

  Balance, Important, Family And Friends

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• If you're searching for "work/life balance" you'll always be disappointed because "balance" connotes a zero-sum equation.

  Stewart D. Friedman

  Zero, Balance, Equations

  "Stewart D. Friedman on 'Leading the Life You Want'". Interview with Bob Morris, bobmorris.biz. August 22, 2016.

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• Life is not for learning nor is life for working, but learning and working are for life.

  Herbert Spencer

  Balance, Life Is

  Herbert Spencer (1891). “Essays: scientific, political, & speculative. Libr. ed”

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• So there's no such thing as work-life balance. There's work, and there's life, and there's no balance.

  Sheryl Sandberg

  Balance, Work Life Balance, Work And Life Balance

  "Sheryl Sandberg:‘There’s No Such Thing As Work-Life Balance’" by Bianca Bosker, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 04, 2012.

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• There has to be a balance in life. A balance of business, family, and the opportunity to learn and teach.

  Chuck Feeney

  Inspiration, Opportunity, Balance

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• We aren't defined by our work. People think if you over-identify with your work, then that must mean you're giving over too much of yourself to it, that there's something wrong with that. We're trained to believe in things like work-life balance. So much work is tending towards service. It's very much about creating experiences rather than products, and it makes those boundaries between life and work very slippery.

  Melissa Gira Grant

  Believe, Mean, Thinking

  Source: therumpus.net

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• In all my years of counselling those near death, I've yet to hear anyone say they wish they had spent more time at the office

  Harold S. Kushner

  Years, Office, Balance

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• I have so much admiration for women who are mothers, who balance family and work.

  Beyonce Knowles

  Mother, Family Love, Unity

  "Beyonce Knowles: It's Possible to Balance Work and Family" by celebrity-mania.com, March 2, 2011.

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• The answer is, of course, to simplify, to prioritize, and in some cases, to use a well-known phrase, "Just say no!" But actually doing it may prove to be one of the real challenges in our complicated, overheated lives.

  M. Russell Ballard

  Real, Challenges, Balance

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• Use power carefully. Don't be afraid to have it. Learn balance and wisdom in addition to the unlocking of the kundalini, if you wish to have a happy and enlightened life.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Balance, Wish

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