Quotes About Balance

Don't sweat the small stuff.

There are two rules for living in harmony. #1) Don't sweat the small stuff and #2) It's all small

Inner peace is accomplished by understanding and accepting the inevitable contradictions of life—the pain and pleasure, success and failure, joy and sorrow, births and deaths. Problems can teach us to be gracious, humble, and patient.

Do not sweat the small stuff.

Change the things that can be changed, accept those that cannot, and have the wisdom to know the difference.

its helpful to step back and see the bigger picture

The need for perfection and the desire for inner tranquility conflict with each other.

I am certain that a quiet mind is the foundation of inner peace. And inner peace translates into outer peace.

If you don't want to "sweat the small stuff," it's critical that you choose your battles wisely.

So many people spend so much of their life energy 'sweating the small stuff' that they completely lose touch with the magic and beauty of life.

If you do, there will come a day when you'll rarely feel the need to do battle at all.

We take our own goals so seriously that we forget to have fun along the way, and we forget to cut ourselves some slack.

So perhaps the best thing to do is simply be aware of how much venting is okay and how much is too much.

If you want to be a more peaceful person you must understand that being right is almost never more important than allowing yourself to be happy.

When you allow yourself to be bored, it takes an enormous amount of pressure off you to be performing and doing something every second of every day. Now, when either of my two children says to me, "Daddy, I'm bored," I respond by saying, "Great, be bored for a while. It's good for you." Once I say this, they always give up on the idea of me solving their problem.

I find that if I remind myself (frequently) that the purpose of life isn't to get it all done but to enjoy each step along the way and live a life filled with love, it's far easier for me to control my obsession with completing my list of things to do.

I find that if I remind myself (frequently) that the purpose of life isn't to get it all done

One of the most important questions you can ever ask yourself is, "Do I want to be 'right'—or do I want to be happy?" Many times, the two are mutually exclusive!

Fortunately, there is an inviolable law in our emotional environment that goes something like this: Our current level of stress will be exactly that of our tolerance to stress.

In low moods we lose our perspective and everything seems urgent.

Let Go of the Idea that Gentle, Relaxed People Can't Be Superachievers

While eating dessert, we ponder what we should do afterward. After that evening, it's "What should we do this weekend?" After we've been out, we walk into the house and immediately turn on the television, pick up the phone, open a book, or start cleaning. It's almost as though we're frightened at the thought of not having something to do, even for a minute.

Life isn't an emergency.

I've never met anyone (myself included) who hasn't turned little things into great big emergencies. We take our own goals so seriously that we forget to have fun along the way, and we forget to cut ourselves some slack. We take simple preferences and turn them into conditions for our own happiness. Or, we beat ourselves up if we can't meet our self-created deadlines.