Quotes About Balance

it was more a matter of time being divided up for you; if the ordained segments were too short, you got little done, while if they were too long, you got less done than you could have.

My feeling is that any day I am too busy to run is a day that I am too busy.

But though this be so, yet since things present and our fleshly appetite are such near neighbours one to another; and again, because things to come, and carnal sense, are such strangers one to another; therefore it is, that the first of these so suddenly fall into amity, and that distance is so continued between the second.

fear keeps a man even in his words and judgment of things. It may be compared to the ballast of the ship, and to the poise of the balance of the scales; it keeps all even, and also makes us steer our course right with respect to the things that pertain to God and man.

Now, if a good man cannot do good things with that oneness and universalness of mind, as a wicked man doth sin with, then is his sin heavier to weigh him down to hell than is his righteousness to buoy him up to the heavens.

The greatest enemy of a good plan is the dream of a perfect plan." Stick to the good plan. Traditional

The greatest enemy of good thinking is busyness.

Great leaders always seem to embody two seemingly disparate qualities. They are both highly visionary and highly practical.

Failure isn't so bad if it doesn't attack the heart. Success is all right if it doesn't go to the head.

If you pair excellence with humility, people not only won't run over you, they will respect you.

most people overrate decision making, and they underrate decision managing.

The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like and do what you'd rather not.

we often place too much emphasis on making decisions and too little on managing the decisions we've already made.

To do well at a few things, give up many things.

Should I have that extravagant dessert or call it quits for the night?" "Should I put in the extra effort here or just get by with the minimum amount required?

When we're more interested in telling people what to do than in listening to what they are presently doing, we are off balance.

One mistake I've seen people repeatedly make is that they focus too much attention on their dream and too little on their team. But the truth is that if you build the right team, the dream will almost take care of itself.

Learn to be flexible. Thomas Jefferson once said, "In matters of principle, stand like a rock. In matters of taste, swim with the current.

people who are busy rowing seldom have time to rock the boat.

Poet and novelist James Joyce said, "Your mind will give back to you exactly what you put into it." The greatest enemy of good thinking is busyness. And middle leaders are usually the busiest people in an organization.

If you lack self-discipline, you may be in the habit of having dessert before eating your vegetables.

Success in your work will be greatly increased if the 3 R's (Requirements/ Return/Reward) are similar. In

Such sober warnings in the Word of God should impress upon us the importance of keeping our priorities straight: God first, family second, ministry or career third. Only when a leader's relationship to God is right, and only when responsibilities as a family member are being properly met, can the leader be fully faithful in exercising the ministry God has given him or her.

Leaders have to deal simultaneously with people issues and business issues, and they need to be able to do both effectively. That's an art. As you work to develop people, maintain a relational approach, valuing them and adding value to them. At the same time, do what you must to achieve a good bottom line.