Quotes About Balance

If you go on a diet and feel constrained, you are more likely to drop it. But if you see your food choices each day as part of a spectrum, then you are more likely to feel free and empowered.

When we get in late and the only thing open is fast food, it can be tough to maintain a healthy diet.

Being on the road is no excuse for having a poor diet. I don't like fast food, but if I have to, I'll order three plain grilled chicken sandwiches and throw out the buns.

There must be more to life than having everything.

To every disadvantage there is a corresponding advantage.

An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.

Forgiveness does not replace justice.

Let those who think I have said too little and those who think I have said too much, forgive me; and let those who think I have said just enough thank God with me.

Sufficiency's enough for men of sense.

I know there are people who believe you should forgive and forget. For the record, I'd like to say I'm a big fan of forgiveness as long as I'm given the opportunity to get even first.

The heart is great which shows moderation in the midst of prosperity.

My private measure of success is daily. If this were to be the last day of my life would I be content with it? To live in a harmonious balance of commitments and pleasures is what I strive for.

A wise judge may let mercy temper justice but may not let mercy undo it.

A sound mind in a sound body is a short but full description of a happy state in this world.

Enough is as good as a feast.

Reason to rule, mercy to forgive: The first is law, the last prerogative.

No evil is without its compensation ... it is not the loss itself, but the estimate of the loss, that troubles us.

Courage and clemency are equal virtues.

I could see peace instead of this.

Moderation is the key to lasting enjoyment.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

Ask the gods nothing excessive.

Temper justice with mercy.

Forgiveness is not substitute for justice.