Quotes About Balance

If a man own land, the land owns him.

Rise with the lark, and with the lark to bed.

I hasten to laugh at everything, for fear of being obliged to weep.

An excess of law inescapably weakens the rule of law.

To some lawyers, all facts are created equal.

The law must be stable and yet it must not stand still.

If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers.

Laws, like the spider's web, catch the fly and let the hawk go free.

The lazy man gets round the sun as quickly as the busy one.

One who has both feet firmly planted in the air.

Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence; conservatism, distrust of the people tempered by fear.

Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me.

Population, when unchecked, increases in a geometrical ratio. Subsistence only increases in an arithmetical ratio.

Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.

Love your neighbor as yourself, but don't take down the fence.

Do not worry; eat three square meals a day; say your prayers; be courteous to your creditors; keep your digestion good; exercise; go slow and easy. Maybe there are other things your special case requires to make you happy, but my friend, these I reckon will give you a good life.

We all have 100% to deal with in our lives: 10% is important, 90% unimportant. The secret to a happy, productive life is to deal with the 10% and let the 90% slip.

With a little discipline and regular self-checks, you can learn to do one thing at a time. And do it better. And be happier doing it.

Better to be happy than wise.

We have a tendency to obscure the forest of simple joys with the trees of problems.

If we could learn how to balance rest against effort, calmness against strain, quiet against turmoil, we would assure ourselves of joy in living and psychological health for life.

The supreme accomplishment is to blur the line between work and play.

Don't shut love out of your life by saying it's impossible to find time. The quickest way to receive love is to give; the fastest way to lose love is to hold it too tightly; and the best way to keep love is to give it wings.

Medicine is my lawful wife. Literature is my mistress.