Quotes About Balance

Even moderation ought not to be practised to excess.

Everyday ask yourself the question, "Do I want to experience Peace of Mind or do I want to experience Conflict ?"

There's no such thing as a nonworking mother.

Sandwich every bit of criticism between two heavy layers of praise.

A jazz musician is a juggler who uses harmonies instead of oranges.

Had I learned to fiddle, I should have done nothing else.

Music is given to us specifically to make order of things, to move from an anarchic, individualistic state to a regulated, perfectly concious one, which alone insures vitality and durability.

Why should the devil have all the good tunes?

There is nothing in which the birds differ more from man than the way in which they can build and yet leave a landscape as it was before.

Thus, I steer my bark, and sail On even keel, with gentle gale.

The cold neutrality of an impartial judge.

Neutrality, as a lasting principle, is an evidence of weakness.

A wise neuter joins with neither, but uses both, as his honest interest leads him.

Comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.

One newspaper a day ought to be enough for anyone who still prefers to retain a little mental balance.

The day you write to please everyone you no longer are in journalism. You are in show business.

There is but an inch of difference between the cushioned chamber and the padded cell.

Make haste slowly.

The unifying of opposites is the eternal process.

A little nonsense now and then Is relished by the wisest men.

Cultivated men and women who do not skim the cream of life, and are attached to the duties, yet escape the harsher blows, make acute and balanced observers.

Praise the sea, but keep on land.

Riches are chiefly good because they give us time.

Pick my left pocket of its silver dime, but spare the right-it holds my golden time!