Balance Quotes

"Everything you see exists together in a delicate balance. As king, you need to understand that balance and respect all the creatures, from the crawling ant to the leaping antelope."

- Mufasa

"We cannot be more sensitive to pleasure without being more sensitive to pain."

- Alan Watts

"Don’t let bridges you cross be bridges you burn."

- J. Cole

"You have this idea that you’d better keep working, otherwise people will forget. And that was dangerous. And then you realize, no, actually if you take a break people might be more interested in you."

- Robin Williams

"One of the best pieces of advice I ever got was from a horse master. He told me to go slow to go fast. I think that applies to everything in life. We live as though there aren’t enough hours in the day but if we do each thing calmly and carefully we will get it done quicker and with much less stress."

- Viggo Mortensen

"There is virtue in work and there is virtue in rest. Use both and overlook neither."

- Alan Cohen

"Mastery of life is not a question of control, but of finding a balance between human and being."

- Eckhart Tolle

"Spend your money on the things money can buy. Spend your time on the things money can’t buy."

- Haruki Murakami

"Finding balance as a mother means accepting your imperfections."

- Mary Organizes

"I was missing out on public school and going to the football games, prom or homecomings. But I’ve been to three World Championships … so I think it’s like a win-win."

- Simone Biles

"I've learned one thing, and that's to quit worrying about stupid things... Drink 'til sunrise. The work never ends, but college does..."

- Tom Petty

"Being a parent is dirty and scary and beautiful and hard and miraculous and exhausting and thankless and joyful and frustrating all at once. It’s everything."

- Jill Smokler

"When you play, play hard; when you work, don’t play at all."

- Theodore Roosevelt

"“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.”"

- Albert Einstein

"Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night."

- William Blake

"I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world."

- E. B. White

"Do not shorten the morning by getting up late; look upon it as the quintessence of life, as to a certain extent sacred."

- Arthur Schopenhauer

"Today’s goals: Coffee and kindness. Maybe two coffees, and then kindness."

- Nanea Hoffman

"If the world were merely seductive, that would be easy. If it were merely challenging, that would be no problem. But I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day."

- E.B. White

"A true martial artist doesn't live in balance; he creates it."

- Dan Millman

"Everything too fast is not good but everything too slow is also not good. You need balance. That's why I like martial arts: it always tells you how to control your body, your mind, your heart. Balance. Balance can keep the world's peace. I think that's a very good thing."

- Jet Li

"Aikido is the way of harmony, but not too much harmony."

- Sensei Yoshimitsu Yamada

"Masters of the martial arts believe that a strong body and mind go together: you can’t improve one without working on the other."

- Laura Scandiffio

"Civilize the mind but make savage the body."

- Mao

"A culture of discipline involves a duality. On the one hand, it requires people who adhere to a consistent system; yet, on the other hand, it gives people freedom and responsibility within the framework of that system."

- James C. Collins

"Don’t get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life."

- Dolly Parton

"In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must also be present."

- Francis Bacon

"April, the perfect blend of showers and sunshine, teaches us the beauty of balance."

- Sylvia Plath

"“So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I'm still trying to figure out how that could be.”"

- Stephen Chbosky

"Martial arts training is about finding balance in all aspects of life."