Quotes About Balance

give dignity second place to expedience

Remark the difference, Lord Faide, between man and metal. A man's normal state is something near madness; he is at all times balanced on a knife-edge between hysteria and apathy. His senses tell him far less of the world then he thinks they do. It is a simple trick to deceive man, to posses him with a demon, to drive him out of his mind, to kill him. But metal is insensible; metal reacts only as its shape and condition dictates, or by the working of miracles.

Madouc considered. 'I would like a wand to do transformations, a cap of invisibility, swift slippers to walk the air, a purse of boundless wealth, a talisman to compel the love of all, a mirror—' 'Stop!' cried Twisk. 'Your needs are excessive!

Maintain your soul as one in the night and the day.

At the end of the day, effective mission statements balance the possible and the impossible. They give people a clear sense of the direction to profitability and the inspiration to feel they are part of something big and important.

Working to fulfill someone else's needs or dreams almost always catches up with you.

Look, anyone can manage for the short term—just keep squeezing the lemon. And anyone can manage for the long—just keep dreaming. You were made a leader because someone believed you could squeeze and dream at the same time.

Achieving work-life balance is a process. Getting it right is iterative. You get better at it with experience and observation, and eventually, after some time passes, you notice it's not getting harder anymore. It's just what you do.

So much to do, so much time

Man masters nature not by force but by understanding.

What's the point of being a grown-up if you can't indulge the kid inside you every now and then?

My lord. It is too much, and not enough

But to force growth is to kill it.

Would that I could make of heart and soul something other than a battleground!

C'è perspicacia nella follia.

In the desert we say Make haste slowly.

You're better off, d'Aiglemort said dryly. Steel and faith are an unnatural mix.

He would welcome the opportunity to offer his suffering up to God. Me, I could not help but think that there was more than enough suffering in the world without adding to the balance.

Le importava, le importava davvero di me, e a quell'idea non riuscivo a smettere di ridere, avendo trovato il mio inutile trionfo nella stordita follia del dolore. Anche se la foschia rossa di Kushiel mi velava la vista, anche se le fitte che provavo alla testa erano terribili, i miei pensieri erano chiari. L'equilibrio dei poteri era mutato, rendendoci, per una volta, pari.

suspended between the carefree child of the Sanctuary I had once been and the confident adult I wished to become.

Amore e odio sono due lati di una stessa lama. A dividerli è un filo più tagliente di quelli del pugnale del tuo cassiliano.

you don't build endurance by pushing yourself beyond your limits.

guess a woman can either love or be loved, but it's almost impossible to have both.

Later in life situations and responsibilities force people to compromise. But to compromise now . . . it's like quitting before you start.