Forty-hour workweeks are a relic of the Industrial Age. — Naval Ravikant
In all my years of counselling those near death, I've yet to hear anyone say they wish they had spent more time at the office — Harold S. Kushner
True success is exiting some rat race to modulate one’s activities for peace of mind. — Edward O. Thorp
Life is like riding a bicycle, to keep your balance you must keep moving
Forty hour work weeks are a relic of the Industrial Age. Knowledge workers function like athletes — train and sprint, then rest and reassess. — Naval Ravikant
Weirdly enough, the best thing for my mental health was giving into my innate nature to work. And the most depressed I get is when I try to restrict it, like, 'I don't work weekends' or 'I don't work this day.' — MrBeast
Don’t work hard just so you can take a holiday. Work hard to build a life that you don’t need to take a holiday from. — Steven Bartlett
Balance is key in life.
It's hard to overstate how much joy I've gained from removing a daily commute and team meetings from my work life. — Steven Bartlett
What's best for me is just to work when I feel like working. — MrBeast
You can trade money for time by working less and buying goods and services that save time. Hire household help, a personal assistant, and pay other people to do things you don’t want to do. — Edward O. Thorp
You know you love what you do if, on your vacations, you’re more excited to work because you won’t be interrupted. — Alex Hormozi
Family And Work-life Balance Quotes
It's all about quality of life and finding a happy balance between work and friends and family. — Philip Green
Work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. The other four balls - family, health, friends, integrity - are made of glass. If you drop one of these, it will be irrevocably scuffed, nicked, perhaps even shattered. — Gary W. Keller
Over the last couple of years, I've really worked toward balancing my life out more, having a little bit more time with friends, family and my boyfriend. There was a period of time when they were way down the list. It was all about music and touring and if everything fell by the wayside, so be it. — Alanis Morissette
A wise woman recognizes when her life is out of balance and summons the courage to act to correct it.
I think for all the women who are working parents it's difficult to balance your work-life and your home-life. You make obvious sacrifices because you really just want to be with your family. — Kate Hudson
Luckily because I had a family and children, my priorities changed. I mean, I'm very passionate about my work but I have other interests and other things that balance my life. — Penelope Ann Miller
Invest in your work life balance. Time with friends and family is as important as times at work. Getting that out of balance is a path toward unhappiness. — Stephen Gillett
Life is like riding a bicycle, to keep your balance you must keep moving
When I turned 30, I realised the value of time and with it, the other important things in life. Thats when I did up my house, started spending time with my family and friends and did all that a normal girl would do. All these things I was balancing with my work. — Rani Mukerji
I have so much admiration for women who are mothers, who balance family and work. — Beyonce Knowles
Having the balance of a work life and a family life has been so good for me. — Nelly Furtado
A person has got to balance work and life and family in order to be a balanced person. — P. J. O'Rourke
Work And Personal Life Balance Quotes
I've learned, finally, how to balance work with having a personal life. I had to separate my personal and my professional life but now that I only have loving people in my life my personal and professional life blend together. — Doreen Virtue
To have someone who never makes a mistake, never finds her personal life in disarray, never worries about work-life balance? I think that would be unreal. What Im writing is real. — Sophie Kinsella
My people are at the core of everything I do, and I recognize the importance of giving them the flexibility to balance work around their personal lives. — Richard Branson
Life is a balance of holding on and letting go .
Maintain a good balance. A personal life adds dimensions to your professional life and vice versa. It helps nurture creativity through a deeper understanding of yourself. — Kathy Ireland
Work Life Balance Quotes
Sophisticated foods are bittersweet wine, beer, coffee, chocolate. Addictive relationships are cooperative and competitive. Work becomes flow at the limits of ability. The flavor of life is on the edge. — Naval Ravikant
Ridiculous yachts and private planes and big limousines won't make people enjoy life more, and it sends out terrible messages to the people who work for them. It would be so much better if that money was spent in Africa - and it's about getting a balance. — Richard Branson
If you don't want to live a life where you go to a job every day just so you can enjoy your weekends and get two weeks of vacation every year, then don't do it. — Lewis Howes
Balance is key in life.
A career path is rarely a path at all. A more interesting life is usual a more crooked, winding path of missteps, luck and vigorous work. It is almost always a clumsy balance between the things you try to make happen and the things that happen to you. — Tom Freston
Don't confuse having a career with having a life. — Hillary Clinton
My advice for achieving success is to make a career choice that reflects your passion. Then work your craft a little bit each day - even if someone's not paying you to do it. Try to balance your social life with your educational (or professional) life, and have patience. — Giancarlo Esposito
Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.
I wish I had spent more time at the office. — Paul Tsongas
I felt that working at an office from the early morning was impossible for me. Anyway, I wanted to be free from that lifestyle as soon as possible. I wanted to take it easy. — Akira Toriyama
Lumped in as a hobby, I don't really like drawing pictures all that much, but thinking of it as work, it's the greatest. — Akira Toriyama
Don't get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life. — Dolly Parton
Work And Life Balance Quotes
There's no such thing as work-life balance. There are work-life choices, and you make them, and they have consequences. — Jack Welch
Life is about balance, you have to have time for work, and time for play. If you don’t allow these two things to co-exist you have an imbalance. — Jay-Z
As Indian women, we are always balancing work, life, home, etc. It's important to know that while juggling rubber balls and glass balls, the former may bounce back when you miss, but the glass balls will crack if you let them fall. So prioritise, prioritise, prioritise. — Nita Ambani
Balance, peace, and joy are the fruit of a successful life. — Thomas Kinkade
Work, love and play are the great balance wheels of man's being. — Orison Swett Marden
That balance of love for your work and love in your life is an interesting thing. — Emma Stone
Be aware of wonder. Live a balanced life - learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some. — Robert Fulghum
When you're gone would you rather have your gravestone say, 'He never missed a meeting.' Or one that said, 'He was a great father.' — Steve Blank
It is not work that kills men; it is worry. Worry is rust upon the blade. — Henry Ward Beecher
Life balance is a myth. It's an illusion and the very pursuit of it is driving us crazy. For me it's about proportion - it's really a work hard/play hard equation. — Danielle LaPorte
Work-life Balance Quotes
Work-life balance is one of the biggest misconceptions people have. — Robert Herjavec
I live a pretty balanced life. As hard as I do work & as many things that I do... I take a lot of time to stay physically strong. I really just try to get the proper rest. I don't run myself into the ground. — Rob Dyrdek
It's really hard, when you have a heavy workload, because it just really pulls you out of your life. It's nice to have some balance. I get to work and enjoy that part of me, but then I have time to have a life and be with my kids. — Blair Underwood
Work-life balance was a mistake from the start. Because we don't really want balance. We want satisfaction. — Matthew Kelly
So every time you think about your work-life balance issue, remember what your boss is thinking about - and that's winning. Your needs may get heard - and even successfully resolved - but not if the boss's needs aren't met as well. — Jack Welch
Once a quarter, Amy and I go off the grid and totally disconnect. It's totally doable and it will change your life. — Brad Feld
If I were a medical doctor, I would probably be a dermatologist, because they have great work-life balance. Not because I'm passionate about people's skin. They have great hours. I have friends who are dermatologists, and they tell me it's great. — Hasan Minhaj
Life is all about balance: sprinting hard and fast, breathing deep and slow. Working out with my coaches, playing with my kids. Eating whole foods for fuel, enjoying a glass of wine with friends. — Amanda Beard
No one ever dies wishing they'd spent more time at the office. — Malcolm Forbes
Failure of your company is not failure in life. Failure in your relationships is. — Evan Williams
Life Is All About Balance Quotes
You need not feel guilty about not being able to keep your life perfectly balanced. Juggling everything is too difficult. All you really need to do is catch it before it hits the floor. — Carol Bartz
I want a guy who takes charge, but lets me have my say once in a while. A good relationship is all about balance and chemistry. — Taylor Swift
Our ego never wants to die and it will do anything to prolong its life. But the truth is, we are both spirit and ego and you have to have a balance between the two. Your spirit never dies, but the ego is all about beginnings and ends. — RuPaul
I think there is something for all of us where you find a balance in your life, where you feel that everything you do isn't about your own creature comforts or satisfying your own appetites. Some of it has to be directed outward and there is a huge satisfaction in that. — Wendie Malick
I find that so often this work can so easily overcome you and knock you out of balance and become all you think about and all you care about and all you feel is important in your life, and it's kind of the opposite. Relationships first and people first and then you can be a great performer. — Erin Davie
I think the most important thing is in life, it's all about balance. It's balance between foods you like and nutrition. — Travis Lane Stork
I think life is all about having a balance, and trying to find equilibrium and not getting things one way or the other. — Tiger Woods
Think about the flowers. Life is just a bunch of pretty pictures. All this is supposed to do is force you beyond the mind, when you realize that you can't figure it out. — Frederick Lenz
I have carried my Jamaican Flag with pride around the world to share my culture and experience with others because I seek Balance which is what I believe life is all about. — Sean Paul
Life is all about balance. Since I have only one leg, I understand that well. — Sandy Fussell
Work Balance Quotes
The richest and fullest lives attempt to achieve an inner balance between three realms: work, love and play. — Erik Erikson
Individual style is the correct balance of knowing who you are, what works fro you, and how to develop your own personality — Giorgio Armani
Work crazy hours when you feel like it, but then recharge. — MrBeast
Islam appears to me like a perfect work of architecture. All its parts are harmoniously conceived to complement and support each other; nothing is superfluous and nothing lacking; and the result is a structure of absolute balance and solid composure. — Muhammad Asad
We spend January 1st walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives...not looking for flaws, but for potential. — Ellen Goodman
The major work of the world is not done by geniuses. It is done by ordinary people, with balance in their lives, who have learned to work in an extraordinary manner. — Gordon B. Hinckley
The working out of a balanced economy throughout Germany to provide the necessary means to pay for approved imports has not been accomplished, although that too is expressly required by the Potsdam Agreement. — James F. Byrnes
If it’s work, do it fast. If it’s food, eat it little by little. — Filipino Proverbs
I like sports, and swimming is my favorite. Doing physical exercises keeps one fit and healthy and helps one work more efficiently. I think we all need to strike a balance between work and relaxation. This can keep us energetic and help us do our job better. — Xi Jinping
Men who are driven are happy in their work and their vision but are not happy-go-lucky. Evelyn has a happiness and contentment most of the time -- she's my balance. — Oral Roberts
Finding Balance Quotes
The landscape affects the human psyche - the soul, the body and the innermost contemplations - like music. Every time you feel nature deeper you resonate better with her, finding new elements of balance and freedom. — Nikos Kazantzakis
Twenty seconds before a race, there's absolute focus. The key thing is to achieve relaxation, but at the same to have absolute total control. You've got to find the balance between being totally ready to go and being really at peace with yourself as well. — Cathy Freeman
Even the greatest idea can become meaningless in the rush to judgement. To gauge an idea as feasible we must cut our ties to the status quo and find the balance between constructive criticism and judgment. Within that balance we will uncover crucial input for making our ideas a reality. — Shigeo Shingo
It is through the balance of body, mind, and soul that we find true power. — Wim Hof
The trickster, the riddler, the keeper of balance, he of the many faces who finds life in death and who fears no evil; he who walks through doors. — Christopher Paolini
In life... we need to find a balance. You have to set rules and limitations - that is called discipline. And you have to practice that in all your worlds. — Cesar Millan
Just as discipline and freedom are opposing forces that must be balanced, leadership requires finding the equilibrium in the dichotomy of many seemingly contradictory qualities between one extreme and another. — Jocko Willink
There will always be some who, for whatever reason, find themselves dependent on the charity of others. But when half the population is along for the ride, the system becomes dangerously out of balance. Things fall apart. — Tucker Carlson
The key to finding a happy balance in modern lives is simplicity. — Sogyal Rinpoche
In an asana, the mind has to reach inside the body to find a quiet space until a point comes where perfect balance is felt. — Geeta Iyengar
Perfect Balance Quotes
Throughout the infinite, the forces are in a perfect balance, and hence the energy of a single thought may determine the motion of a universe. — Nikola Tesla
Just as your car runs more smoothly and requires less energy to go faster and farther when the wheels are in perfect alignment, you perform better when your thoughts, feelings, emotions, goals, and values are in balance. — Brian Tracy
Sex should be a perfect balance of pain and pleasure. Without that symmetry, sex becomes a routine rather than an indulgence. — Marquis De Sade
Women think of all colors except the absence of color. I have said that black has it all. White too. Their beauty is absolute. It is the perfect harmony. — Coco Chanel
Equanimity is a perfect, unshakable balance of mind. — Nyanaponika Thera
As we look deeply within, we understand our perfect balance. There is no fear of the cycle of birth, life and death. For when you stand in the present moment, you are timeless. — Rodney Yee
Everything's very perfectly balanced; for all the horrible things in the world there's lots of good things. — John Frusciante
Healing is making whole, restoring a state of perfection and balance that has been lost. — Andrew Weil
[Dada is] perfectly kindhearted malice, alongside exact photography the only legitimate pictorial form of communication and balance in shared experience. — Raoul Hausmann
You are not creating a new you; you are releasing a hidden you. The process is one of self discovery. The hidden you that wants to emerge is in perfect balance. — Deepak Chopra
Patience is power. Patience is not an absence of action; rather it is "timing" it waits on the right time to act, for the right principles and in the right way. — Fulton J. Sheen
Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving. — Albert Einstein
Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better take things as they come along with patience and equanimity. — Carl Jung
Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important. — Stephen Covey
In an honest service there is thin commons, low wages, and hard labor; in this, plenty and satiety, pleasure and ease, liberty and power; and who would not balance creditor on this side, when all the hazard that is run for it, at worst, is only a sour look or two at choking. No, a merry life and a short one, shall be my motto. — Bartholomew Roberts
Life is balance of holding on and letting go. — Rumi
There is no such thing as work-life balance. Everything worth fighting for unbalances your life. — Alain de Botton
As long as the mind and ego control the direction of creating, there will always be problems in the outer world, for the ego thinks only of itself and lives in duality. But when the heart is in control, everything comes back to balance, for the heart feels and knows only the oneness of life. — Drunvalo Melchizedek
As a profession, entrepreneurship breeds anything but balance. The highs can be stratospheric, and the lows can be crushing. — Lewis Howes
All my friends revolve around work. — MrBeast
Knowledge workers train, sprint, rest, and re-assess. — Naval Ravikant
A little foolishness, enough to enjoy life, and a little wisdom to avoid the errors, that will do. — Osho [Chandra Mohan Jain]
The trickster, the riddler, the keeper of balance, he of the many faces who finds life in death and who fears no evil; he who walks through doors. — Christopher Paolini
In life... we need to find a balance. You have to set rules and limitations - that is called discipline. And you have to practice that in all your worlds. — Cesar Millan
We work harder and harder and stress ourselves out to achieve more and more, but to what end? So we can become lawyers and businesspeople? So we can make lots of money to buy a big house or a fancy car but that can’t buy us happiness or health? I saw too much of that misery, which is why I withdrew from that world a long time ago. — Wim Hof
Life is a combination. Of two things, of happiness and sorrow, of good and bad, of pain and joy. Even if it is a gift for some people. And trouble for some. But it is. And that makes it fun and memorable. — Vishesh Panthi
Forty-hour workweeks are a relic of the Industrial Age. — Naval Ravikant
Rely on the ordinary virtues that intelligent, balanced human beings have relied on for centuries: common sense, thrift, realistic expectations, patience, and perseverance. — John C. Bogle
You cannot succeed in one department of life while cheating on another, life is an indivisible whole. — Mahatma Gandhi
A sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to our steps as we walk the tightrope of life. — Arabic Proverbs
In all my years of counselling those near death, I've yet to hear anyone say they wish they had spent more time at the office — Harold S. Kushner
Feeling compassion for ourselves in no way releases us from responsibility for our actions. Rather, it releases us from the self-hatred that prevents us from responding to our life with clarity and balance. — Tara Brach
True success is exiting some rat race to modulate one’s activities for peace of mind. — Edward O. Thorp
The key to finding a happy balance in modern lives is simplicity. — Sogyal Rinpoche
The state can confiscate your money, Twitter can confiscate your username, YouTube can confiscate your revenue, and tech companies can lock you out of your digital life. At the press of a key. That’s not the right balance of power. BTC/web3 shifts leverage back to individuals. — Balaji Srinivasan
Forty hour work weeks are a relic of the Industrial Age. Knowledge workers function like athletes — train and sprint, then rest and reassess. — Naval Ravikant
Balance, peace, and joy are the fruit of a successful life. It starts with recognizing your talents and finding ways to serve others by using them. — Thomas Kinkade
Weirdly enough, the best thing for my mental health was giving into my innate nature to work. And the most depressed I get is when I try to restrict it, like, 'I don't work weekends' or 'I don't work this day.' — MrBeast
Don’t work hard just so you can take a holiday. Work hard to build a life that you don’t need to take a holiday from. — Steven Bartlett
When you cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action you should take choose the bolder. — William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim
It's hard to overstate how much joy I've gained from removing a daily commute and team meetings from my work life. — Steven Bartlett
Life is best enjoyed when time periods are evenly divided between labor, sleep, and recreation...all people should spend one-third of their time in recreation which is rebuilding, voluntary activity, never idleness. — Brigham Young
The experience of helping a fellow man in danger, or even of training in a realistic manner to be ready to give this help, tends to change the balance of power in a youth's inner life with the result that compassion can become the master motive. — Kurt Hahn
What's best for me is just to work when I feel like working. — MrBeast
I didn't want to be thirtysomething and not know what I was going to do. I was quite afraid of that, there were quite a lot of aimless kids around, in that 'other' side of my life, who didn't really know what to do because they always had a bank balance to fall back on and they were quite lost. — Stella McCartney
You can trade money for time by working less and buying goods and services that save time. Hire household help, a personal assistant, and pay other people to do things you don’t want to do. — Edward O. Thorp
You know you love what you do if, on your vacations, you’re more excited to work because you won’t be interrupted. — Alex Hormozi
Sophisticated foods are bittersweet wine, beer, coffee, chocolate. Addictive relationships are cooperative and competitive. Work becomes flow at the limits of ability. The flavor of life is on the edge. — Naval Ravikant
Ridiculous yachts and private planes and big limousines won't make people enjoy life more, and it sends out terrible messages to the people who work for them. It would be so much better if that money was spent in Africa - and it's about getting a balance. — Richard Branson
If you don't want to live a life where you go to a job every day just so you can enjoy your weekends and get two weeks of vacation every year, then don't do it. — Lewis Howes
A career path is rarely a path at all. A more interesting life is usual a more crooked, winding path of missteps, luck and vigorous work. It is almost always a clumsy balance between the things you try to make happen and the things that happen to you. — Tom Freston
The joy is that we can take back our bodies, reclaim our health, and restore ourselves to balance. We can take power over what and how we eat. We can rejuvenate and recharge ourselves, bringing healing to the wounds we carry inside us, and bringing to fuller life the wonderful person that each of us can be. — John Robbins
Don't confuse having a career with having a life. — Hillary Clinton
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