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Quotes About Balance

If there is one thing above all others a successful man should know, it is when to stop.
~ Coenus
Life is not only Newton, it is also Milton.
~ Wasif Ali Wasif
Ah men do not know how much strength is in poise That he goes the farthest who goes far enough.
~ James Russell Lowell
Almost every wise saying has an opposite one no less wise to balance it.
~ George Santayana
Everyone whose deeds are more than his wisdom his wisdom endures. And everyone whose wisdom is more than his deeds his wisdom does not endure.
~ The Talmud
Keep well that is the half of wisdom and of happiness.
~ Émile Zola
Women are one half of society which gives birth to the other half so it is as if they are the entire society.
~ Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya
There are two powers in the world; one is the sword and the other is the pen. There is a great competition and rivalry between the two. There is a third power stronger than both, that of the women.
~ Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Women sometimes go too far, it's true. But it's only when you go too far that others listen.
~ Indira Gandhi
Women hold up the other half of the sky.
~ Thomas Sankara
The lifting up of the woman does not require the tearing down of the man. In fact, a strong woman appreciates a strong man. Conversely, a strong man is not intimidated by a strong woman.
~ T. D. Jakes
I'm not trying to put our women on a pedestal that they don't deserve to be on. No man is a "man" without a woman: It's a woman that helps the man to be a man.
~ Louis Farrakhan
World will prosper in knowledge and intellect, if both men and women are deemed equal.
~ Subramanya Bharathi
After all, Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backwards and in high heels.
~ Ann Richards
We must continue to unite in sisterhood to turn our tears into triumph. There is no time to rest until our world achieves wholeness and balance, where all men and women are considered equal and free.
~ Leymah Gbowee
Every man needs two women: a quiet home-maker, and a thrilling nymph.
~ Iris Murdoch
I think if women put some more of the time and money they put on their heads in their heads, they'd be better off.
~ Iris Apfel
Because man and woman are the complement of one another, we need woman's thought in national affairs to make a safe and stable government.
~ Elizabeth Cady Stanton
We ought to have more women in various management positions, because women are the ones who decide almost everything in the home.
~ Ingvar Kamprad
The head never rules the heart, but just becomes its partner in crime.
~ Mignon McLaughlin
As women, we're nurturers by nature. We want to make sure everyone is happy. That's a good thing, but we also have to put ourselves on that happiness list.
~ Victoria Osteen
He who wants a rose must respect her thorn.
~ Andre Gide
We'll never solve the feminization of power until we solve the masculinity of wealth.
~ Gloria Steinem
The United States is a place where the men govern, but the women rule.
~ John Brown