Balance Quotes

"You can have it all. Just not all at once."

- Oprah Winfrey

"I’m a walking contradiction, half ambition, half vacation."

- A Tribe Called Quest

"I’m the king of chillin’, ain’t no need to flex."

- A$AP Rocky

"A career is wonderful, but you can't curl up with it on a cold night."

- Marilyn Monroe

"“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

"Don’t confuse having a career with having a life."

- Hillary Clinton

"No one on his deathbed ever said, ‘I wish I had spent more time at the office."

- Paul Tsongas

"Never get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life."

- Dolly Parton

"There is no such thing as work— life balance. It is all life. The balance has to be within you."

- Sadhguru

"You can have it all. You just can’t have it all at once."

- Oprah Winfrey

"Life is a balance between holding on and letting go."

- Rumi

"Be sure when you step, step with care and great tact. And remember that life is a great balancing act."

- Dr. Seuss

"I’ll tell you what. If you promise not to fight anymore, I promise not to yell at you, except on special occasions."

- Nani

"Life is a dance between making it happen and letting it happen."

- Arianna Huffington

"Be both soft and wild. Just like the Moon. Or the storm. Or the sea."

- Victoria Erickson

"If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun."

- Katharine Hepburn

"Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer."

- Robert Louis Stevenson

"I pride myself on finding balance. I love making music and I love raising my boys. I find time to make both a priority."

- Sheryl Crow

"I think moms, single or not, put a lot of pressure on ourselves trying to balance it all. It’s never going to be perfectly balanced—the sooner you know this, the sooner you can relieve some of the pressure you put on yourself."

- Denise Richards

"As a single mom, I’m juggling a lot and working long hours. Yes, it costs them a little, but what my children get in return is a mother who is energized and content."

- Edie Falco

"As a single mom, I'm juggling a lot and working long hours. Yes, it costs them a little, but what my children get in return is a mother who is energized and content."

- Edie Falco

"I think moms, single or not, put a lot of pressure on ourselves trying to balance it all. It’s NEVER going to be perfectly balanced—the sooner you know this, the sooner you can relieve some of the pressure you put on yourself."

- Denise Richards

"Everything you see exists together in a delicate balance."

- Mufasa

"Motherhood informs my work 100 percent."

- Jessica Marais

"Motherhood is... difficult and... rewarding."

- Gloria Estefan

"Bittersweet October. The mellow, messy, leaf-kicking, perfect pause between the opposing miseries of summer and winter."

- Carol Bishop Hipps

"“You can do anything, but not everything. Prioritize better.”"

"Being a single mom is twice the work, twice the stress, and twice the tears but also twice the hugs, twice the love, and twice the pride."

"October is a symphony of permanence and change."

"Take life as it comes and make the most of every moment you live."