Quotes About Balance

Sometimes I do work on a longer manuscript in tandem with one or two shorter pieces - whether it's a short story or an essay (though I don't write many of the latter).

I don't waste as much time at work because I'd rather spend it with my kids.

As a mother, I always have something better to be doing. I love work still, but I'm less tolerant of my time being wasted.

Modern women like to think we invented the idea of balancing work and family but women have always done it.

I work at home but average 15,000 to 18,000 miles per year on my Honda.

You take the work seriously, you don't take yourself seriously. You keep that straight and you'll do well the rest of your life.

The best part of aging in this business is losing that obsession about work and being able to spend a little more time with family.

I don't like being consumed by work all the time. I consume myself so much when I do a part that I like to step away from it.

I feel very jealous towards women who can say, "I'm going to stay home and be a mom." I wish that's what fulfilled me but I like to work and I have to have something for myself.

I'm always reading. I have four books on my nightstand right now. The same is true with writing, I tend to work on several varying projects at once.

I try to work and enjoy life, and that's about all.

If the Dalai Lama joins one party, then that makes it hard for the system to work.

It is a wonderful thing if one can use one's place of work as a place of spiritual practice as well.

A lot of people thought I wasn't doing anything because I was spending a lot of time socialising and going out, but I've always managed to get work actually done.

There's a sense of knowing when to stop and take a break from things, to step back from the work you're making, and of changing things up to keep them interesting for yourself.

It's rare to find women who have that balance between work and life, who are really psyched for another woman's success.

I'm focused on staying as healthy as I can so I can work more.

Moving to the country has been incredibly good for my work, for my sense of perspective.

When I'm doing work online or on the computer, it's one thing. When I want to read, I want to go elsewhere, and I want to be away from the screen.

We work very, very hard to find that fine line where location is meaningful enough to be interesting to an advertiser but not so intrusive that it interrupts the creative flow of the show.

I think it will help people have a better work-life balance, that's really important - that's the centre ground for me, it's the issues people care about in their lives.

Whatever new arrangements are enacted for the Eurozone, they must work fairly for those inside it and out.

I work a lot and I like to get out and work but the work I do to make the other work work I'm not very good at.

If you think your work is ultimately about a paycheck, then that will affect the quality of your work as well as the quality of your own life.