Quotes About Balance

It is only by labour that thought can be made healthy, and only by thought that labour can be made happy, and the two cannot be separated with impunity.

When men are rightly occupied, their amusement grows out of their work.

No small misery is caused by overworked and unhappy people, in the dark views which they necessarily take up themselves, and force upon others, of work itself.

Work first and then rest. Work first, and then gaze, but do not use golden ploughshares, nor bind ledgers in enamel.

It's difficult for me to diet, so I don't. So, I make up for it in exercise. What I am willing to eat, I have to be willing to work off. It's that simple.

Pot came first when I was young. But I did the work. It wasn't a battle of what came first. They went together like "love and marriage, horse and carriage!"

Marlon [Brando] showed me that you could do the work and not have to shut yourself off from people or your family.

As footballers, we have time on our hands. Yes, we work very hard but we also have spare afternoons.

I like mixing or combining hobby and pleasure with work and have-tos.

I want to do good work, but having kids and a life outside of that is important, too. If you don't have anybody around who loves you, then what's it all for? You're just lonely in the end.

I do have a busy work life. So I would say that the positive atmosphere at home combined with the support I receive from my family and loved ones is really what helps me balance it all.

Every time you work on a project, it's a little vacation from the project you're working on the other 23 hours. That's the thing - it replenishes you to do something else.

The thing that ruined your life makes you good at your work. And then you get rewarded at work, so you don't bother to fix it in your life.

Making sweeping statements such as 'no sweets ever again' has never worked before, and it's not going to work now. You'll get quickly overwhelmed and punt on any positive momentum you created.

It's true that every day away from work requires two more days to get back into it.

Always wanted to be an actress or work with animals and now I get to do both.

Workaholism is an addiction, and like all addictions, it blocks creative energy.

I never think of myself as an actor who takes work home with them.

I am forever a romantic. I try to bring that into my work. I try not to be fooled by romance. Or work.

I've really turned a corner recently in terms of not taking work too seriously, so it is much easier for me to not take my work home.

Stress means something different if it is the result of rewarding work rather than struggling to keep the family out of debt.

My schedule, it always looks like it's really steady, but believe it or not, I tend to work a bunch and then take a year off.

I work out as little as I can for as much gain as I can. Yoga and a little bit of ballet -- only 30 or 40 minutes every other day. I keep supple for myself more than for roles.

I just can't seem to make myself care about what I look like when I am working out.