Quotes About Balance

The whole concept of 'grounding' children is utterly stupid - they just go off and rebel and don't like you. When my kids eventually come along, I don't want them to not like me.

I find that if I go on a vacation, it's like that's more stress to me, because I want to get back.

I like to be alone so I can write. But focus can hurt you. I don't want to be some stress casualty in early middle age.

Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are supplied must admit those of fancy.

You have to look out for becoming trapped in a place where people want to see you all the time doing one thing.

I don't do anything but sleep, when I'm not working. I have no life. I'm no fun. All I want to do is sleep and get ready for the next day. It's awesome.

I've always been the type of person to make everybody happy and get things done. I want everything to be 100% perfect.

It's much more acceptable for men to work and father kids. There's an inherent inequality, because we want to do it all, and I don't know how we can do this all.

He lives. I breathe. I want. Him. Always. Fire to my ice. Ice to my fever. -Mac

When I was a boy I used to do what my father wanted. Now I have to do what my boy wants. My problem is: When am I going to do what I want?

Do you always want to be right or do you want to be happy?

A man wants a woman who will place him at the top of his priority list, not second but first. He wants to be the kingpin around which all other activities of her life revolve.

All I do is play music and golf - which one do you want me to give up?

Let your diet be spare, your wants moderate, your needs few. So, living modestly, with no distracting desires, you will find content.

I'm a person who likes to give 100 percent to everything I do. I want to be the best at my job and as a mother.

The last 10 years I have had to bulk up for roles and I'm naturally skinny, so I have eaten and killed so many chickens! I wouldn't even want to count. I need to balance that out.

Life is what you put into it and how much you take out of it. You put in more than is expected, and you take out less than you want.

I love museums. But I don't want to live in one.

Jewelry should not upstage you. I pick one hot point on my body that I'm going to highlight. Let one area do the singing - you don't want to hear three songs at once.

What I really value about being a writer is that I can go to rehearsal when I want to, and then, when I need to be at home writing or with my kids, I go home.

Banks also have to say no to customers. We can't always give clients what they want; it may not be in the client's best interest.

You've always got to be smart enough to go 'Well they're going to have to bring some of their own in'. We don't want to be a monopoly where we get shoved out, it has to be symbiotic.

Wisdom consists in knowing what not to want as well as what to want.

My husband is always telling me: 'We're on holiday - we don't need to have an itinerary!' But I always want to see as much as I can. Sometimes, I come back from holiday needing a holiday.