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Quotes About Balance

Through the Pilates Method of Body Conditioning this unique trinity of a balanced body, mind and spirit can ever be attained. Self-confidence follows.
~ Joseph Pilates
Self-care is never a selfish act - it is only good stewardship of the only gift I have, the gift I was put on earth to offer others.
~ Parker J. Palmer
A man would prefer to come home to an unmade bed and a happy woman than to a neatly made bed and an angry woman.
~ Marlene Dietrich
Doubt can motivate you, so don't be afraid of it. Confidence and doubt are at two ends of the scale, and you need both. They balance each other out.
~ Barbra Streisand
Too little confidence, and you're unable to act; too much confidence, and you're unable to hear.
~ John Maeda
I'm positive about the negative, but a little negative about the positive.
~ Curly Howard
The positive and negative poles of a battery create an electrical flow. The masculine and feminine poles between people create a flow of sexual energy in motion.
~ David Deida
Self-confidence may be mistaken for egotism if it is not accompanied by humility of the heart.
~ Napoleon Hill
It does, Tennyson, because there's a fine line between confidence and arrogance. There's a fine line between being assertive and being a bully. And you're on the wrong side of both lines.
~ Neal Shusterman, Bruiser
Beware of over-confidence; especially in matters of structure.
~ Cass Gilbert
The line between confidence and arrogance is very fine, Josh," Flamel said quietly. "And the line between arrogance and stupidity even finer. Sophie," he added, without looking at her.
~ Michael Scott
The real evidence of growing older is that things level off in importance.
~ Gladys Taber
Confidence is the sweet spot between arrogance and despair-consisting of positive expectations for favorable outcomes.
~ Rosabeth Moss Kanter
I was somewhat drunk with what I had done. And I am always one to prefer being sober.
~ Gertrude Stein
They say productivity is the key to confidence, and confidence ... to productivity. And they're happy walking back and forth between these two rooms, each the excuse for the other.
~ James Richardson
Just for once I'd like to see all these things sort of straightened out, with each person getting exactly what he deserves. It might give me some confidence in this universe.
~ Joseph Heller
Manage your life as you manage your money.
~ Sharon Law Tucker
Incorporate daily programs on positive thinking as a counterbalance against the negativity you may encounter in pursuit of your dreams.
~ Ken Poirot
Calm self-confidence is as far from conceit as the desire to earn a decent living is remote from greed.
~ Channing Pollock
Yoga will always be transformationa l, even when it stops being cool.
~ Victoria Moran
You're not too good for the sleep mask-neck pillow combo! You're not too cool for it!
~ Nikki Glaser
I just had to stay cool. Zen. No punching in the face. Punching would not be Zen.
~ Ilona Andrews
If he were insane, however, his was a very cool and collected insanity.
~ Charlotte Bronte
Isn't it strange how wise counsel can cool the hottest head? He made sense but my heart screamed protest.
~ Robin Hobb, Fool's Quest