Quotes About Balance

Never sacrifice your self respect just to make someone happy.

When you give to others to the degree you sacrifice yourself, you make others a thief. They are stealing from you what you need, and they dont even know it.

Man sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. Then he is so anxious about the future that he doesn't enjoy the present: the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having never really lived.

Never make yourself feel like nothing to make someone else feel like everything.

I had three chairs in my house: one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society

When life demands more of people than they demand of life - as is ordinarily the case - what results is a resentment of life almost as deep-seated as the fear of death

Birth and death are not two different states, but they are different aspects of the same state. There is as little reason to deplore the one as there is to be pleased over the other.

It is requisite for the relaxation of the mind that we make use, from time to time, of playful deeds and jokes.

My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it. I never did like to work, and I don't deny it. I'd rather read, tell stories, crack jokes, talk, laugh - anything but work.

If it's five o'clock and the children are still alive, I've done my job.

Mother Nature doesn't care if you're having fun.

Help lift people up but don't let them walk all over you.

Life is like a seesaw. You need someone to play with. Someone that can bring you higher than the sky and someone who can lift you up no matter how low you are.

In the rhythm of Life, we sometime find ourselves out of tune, But as long as there are friends & family to provide the melody, The music plays on.

If you want to support others you have to stay upright yourself.

Experience has two things to teach: the first is that we must correct a great deal; the second, that we must not correct too much

The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes.

Community begins in mystery and ends in administration. Leaders move away from people and into paper.

Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.

For me, food is all about balance. If you eat plenty of fruits, vegetables, and an appropriate amount of poultry, fish, and red meat that are sourced from good places, you're doing well. It's important to make sure that the meat you're consuming is hormone-free.

The American Indian is of the soil, whether it be the region of forests, plains, pueblos, or mesas. He fits into the landscape, for the hand that fashioned the continent also fashioned the man for his surroundings. He once grew as naturally as the wild sunflowers, he belongs just as the buffalo belonged...

You can't have all chiefs, you've got to have Indians too

As I assessed all the things that were going sideways, I realized every mistake and misstep I'd made happened because I was exhausted. So, I started prioritizing self-care.

Be well, do good work, and keep in touch.