Quotes About Balance

In a relationship] someone's gotta be the iceberg and someone's gotta be the sun.

Whoever said running in the morning gives you energy never had a day job that involves customer service.

And she's right, Joe. You read too much." No such thing.

Tip the world over on its side and everything loose will land in Los Angeles." "Frank Lloyd Wright said that.

I found it paralyzingly difficult to make even the simplest decisions. So much hung in the balance, so many complicated parameters needed to be taken into consideration, yet always there was too little information, no way to know what outcomes could result. Life was a terrifying, invisible web of consequences. What mayhem might I unknowingly wreak by saying yes when I could have said no, by going east instead of west?

You hide behind the professional persona all day; then you leave the office and hide behind the drink.

Where are the lines between satisfaction and excess, between restraint and indulgence, between pleasure and self-destruction? And why are they so difficult to find, particularly for women?

The dog-as-surrogate view implies that there are only two ways to inhabit the world, with other humans or without them, and it ignores the fact that sometimes you need both and sometimes you need a safe space somewhere in between. Dogs occupy that safe space; they make it possible.

Power is a dangerous thing,' said Ben Aruva in a quiet voice. 'Any kind of power. If you have it, be careful to use it for good.

The soul always knows what to do to heal itself. The challenge is to silence the mind

One is either packed or unpacked. There is no middle ground.

Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau once said: "Living next to the Americans is like sleeping next to an elephant—no matter how friendly and even-tempered the elephant, one is affected by every twitch!

The magical worldview is this: As above, so below. As within, so without.

I'm not saying you didn't deserve it, O." Dakota laughed. "But I'm restocking the karma bank and you're at the top of my list.

Does "doing exactly what I want" mean not thinking about other people's feelings? Because that's just not the kind of person I am. Maybe it can mean whatever I want it to mean, like taking care of myselfand not letting people walk over me

What drains your spirit drains your body. What fuels your spirit fuels your body.

Like every parent, you have to teach your girl to live a contradiction, to be exceptional and ordinary, all at the same time.

Take care of your common sense, and your dignity will take care of itsself

You have to take care of your heart. But at what cost?

You have to find a balance with food in your life - you can't take out food. It can be absolutely terrifying.

I delight in my family obligations, but they leave little time for breaks let alone quick trips across the country.

Eating is not a crime. It's not a moral issue. It's normal. It's enjoyable. It just is.

Someone has to stand still for you to love them. My choices are always on the run.

And I ultimately not only addressed it, I named my two moods Roy and Pam. Roy is Rollicking Roy, the wild ride of a mood, and Pam is Sediment Pam, who stands on the shore and sobs. (Pam stands for "piss and moan.") One mood is the meal, and the next mood is the check.