Quotes About Balance

Love passionately . . . but also responsibly.

Ones need for control is directly proportional for ones need for love.

I'm keeping an eye on the future, an eye on the past, and the present in my pocket.

On the back of every right, there's a wrong looming.

Would you choose water over wine?

Anything that terrible had to be healthy.

Live a fruitful life. Resist evil. Give more than you take. Help others do likewise. The rest will take care of itself.

The fate of the world in the balance. A hurricane of enemies swirling around us. It's almost enough to make a guy feel alive again.

Cada ser humano posee un potencial para la oscuridad -- continuó diciendo el abuelo -- A lo largo de la vida adquirimos mucha práctica en optar por una o por otra.

If you're always on time, it implies that you never have anything better you should be doing.

At first glance, the key and the lock it fits may seem very different," Sazed said. "Different in shape, different in function, different in design. The man who looks at them without knowledge of their true nature might think them opposites, for one is meant to open, and the other to keep closed. Yet, upon closer examination he might see that without one, the other becomes useless. The wise man then sees that both lock and key were created for the same purpose.

The mark of a great man is one who knows when to set aside the important things in order to accomplish the vital ones.

Overcome your guilt. Care, but not too much. Take responsibility, but don't blame yourself. Protect, save, help- but know when to give up. They're precarious ledges to walk. How do I do it?

Do not dash if you only have the strength to walk, and do not waste your time pushing on the walls that will not give. More importantly, don't shove where a pat would be sufficient.

It was strange, how easily and quickly protection could cause destruction. Sometimes, Vasher wondered if the two weren't really the same thing. Protect a flower, destroy pests who wanted to feed on it. Protect a building, destroy the plants that could have grown in the soil. Protect a man. Live with the destruction he creates.

There are two kinds of people in this world, son. Those who save lives, and those who take lives." "And what of those who protect and defend? Those who save lives by taking lives?" "That's like trying to stop a storm by blowing harder. Ridiculous. You can't protect by killing.

A man's emotions are what define him, and control is the hallmark of true strength. To lack feeling is to be dead, but to act on every feeling is to be a child.

There has to be a balance, Vin," Elend said. "Somehow, we'll find it. The balance between whom we wish to be and whom we need to be." He sighed. "But for now," he said, nodding to the side, "we simply have to be satisfied with who we are.

If you're always on time, it implies that you never have anything better you should be doing.

I was thinking that work is like fertilizer in that I'm glad it exists; I just don't ever want to get stuck in it.

A thing of nature. For every Push, there is a Pull. A consequence.

There is beauty in compassion, but one must learn wisdom too.

Well, I myself find that respect is like manure. Use it where needed, and growth will flourish. Spread it on too thick, and things just start to smell.

Be warned - Hammond does tend to be a bit optimistic about these kind of things. If the army were made up of one-legged mutes, he would praise their balance and their listening skills.