Quotes About Balance

I never wanted to run a production company. I didn't want to convert my life into running a business.... so I always resisted it and kept things simple.

I worked so hard all my life, and all I want to do now is read.

People who want to rise above a well-cooked meal and a well-tailored garment, are out of their spiritual minds.

Being a businessman, you want to invest your time and your heart into growth and a legacy, and sometimes it's about going over there and getting it. But you don't have to lose yourself.

It's a hard line to walk, man. Cause you know you want to make this movie, you want to make it dark and real, you want to show all this stuff but unfortunately you can't always do that.

People need security of the mind. Why do they want democracy? Because it can give them freedom and security in a balanced way.

Or, if you decide you want to sleep at my place, on opposite sides of my bedroom with a Do Not Cross line drawn down the middle, I'll do it. I won't like it, but I'll do it.

The years keep going by and you realize, Wow. Doing these records is such a process: going on tour for a year and a half, then you get home and you want to do other things.

I have a great family. I can call them and they don't want to talk just football They want to find out how my day went outside of football.

You can go crazy and play solos in the right place, and that's great because it can intensify and bring an emotional lift. But the thing is you don't want to get in the way of the song.

At the end of the whole day of working with people you want some privacy.

Autonomy, Purpose, & Mastery: If you are having difficulty creating the life you want, chances are one or more of these are missing.

My wife and family, to say the least, are the center of my life; they are my grounding. I don't want to sound schmaltzy, but they are my inspiration and you name it.

Of my mental cycles, I devote maybe 10 percent to business thinking. Business isn't that complicated. I wouldn't want to put it on my business card.

I appreciate photographs which celebrate harmony. I don't particularly want to look at chaos. I see enough of that at home.

I'm leaving because I want to spend more time with my wife in Chicago.

Runners...you're competitive, but you want to have fun, too. You want to enjoy life. And runners really get to do that, I think-after we recover.

Music is 99% of my life. But I know I need a break. Besides, if you give people too much, they start to not want it. We need to restrain ourselves.

Finally, the president added, 'The American people are idealists, but they also want their leaders to be realistic...'

I'd seen people overstay their welcome and I didn't want that to happen at all.

I'm not really trying to break the bank like some other people. I just want what's fair.

I feel like I needed a balance. I don't want to forget about my personal life and spending time with myself.

Christ wants us to have a child's heart but a grown-up's head.

Most people spend most of their lives doing neither what they want to be doing nor what they ought to be doing.