Inspirational Quotations

Inspirational Quotations on Balance

Be careful. Journalism is more addictive than crack cocaine. Your life can get out of balance.
Dan Rather (b.1931) American Newscaster, Author

There should be balance in all our actions; to be either extreme or lukewarm is equally bad.
Pir Hazrat Vilayat Khan (1882–1927) Indian Sufi Mystic, Musician

Problems arise in that one has to find a balance between what people need from you and what you need for yourself.
Jessye Norman (1945–2019) American Operatic Soprano

A novel is balanced between a few true impressions and a multitude of false ones that make up most of what we call life.
Saul Bellow (1915–2005) Canadian-American Novelist

Words and pictures are yin and yang. Married, they produce a progeny more interesting than either parent.
Theodor Seuss Geisel (‘Dr. Seuss’) (1904–91) American Children’s Books Writer, Writer, Cartoonist, Animator

I always try to balance the light with the heavy—a few tears of human spirit in with the sequins and the fringes.
Bette Midler (b.1945) American Actress, Singer

No man tastes pleasures truly, who does not earn them by previous business; and few people do business well, who do nothing else.
Earl of Chesterfield (1694–1773) English Statesman, Man of Letters

The soul would have no rainbow had the eyes no tears.
John Vance Cheney (1848–1922) American Poet, Essayist, Librarian

All extremes are error. The reverse of error is not truth but error still. Truth lies between these extremes.
Richard Cecil

I make the most of all that comes and the least of all that goes.
Sara Teasdale (1884–1933) American Poet

The word “happiness” would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.
Carl Gustav Jung (1875–1961) Swiss Psychologist, Psychiatrist, Philosopher

Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony.
Thomas Merton (1915–68) American Trappist Monk

Rich people think long-term. They balance their spending on enjoyment today with investing for freedom tomorrow.
T. Harv Eker (b.1954) American Motivational Speaker, Lecturer, Author

Man maintains his balance, poise, and sense of security only as he is moving forward.
Maxwell Maltz (1899–1975) American Surgeon, Motivational Writer

A warrior balances solitude and dependence.
Paulo Coelho (b.1947) Brazilian Songwriter, Novelist

Only in silence the word,
only in dark the light,
only in dying life:
bright the hawk’s flight
on the empty sky.
Ursula K. Le Guin (b.1929) American Science Fiction and Fantasy Writer

When we become isolated, we are prone to being damaged; our minds lose their flexibility and natural kindness; we become vulnerable to fear and negativity. The sense of belonging keeps you in balance amidst the inner and outer immensities. The ancient and eternal values of human life – truth, unity, goodness, justice, beauty, and love are all statements of belonging; they are also the secret intention and dream of human longing.
John O’Donohue (1956–2008) Irish Priest, Hegelian Philosopher

Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance and order and rhythm and harmony.
Thomas Merton (1915–68) American Trappist Monk

Stress is basically a disconnection from the earth, a forgetting of the breath. Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency. Nothing is that important. Just lie down.
Natalie Goldberg (b.1948) American Buddhist Author

To this military attitude of the soul we give the name of Heroism… It is a self-trust which slights the restraints of prudence, in the plenitude of its energy and power to repair the harms it may suffer. The hero is a mind of such balance that no disturbances can shake his will…
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher

Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.
George Santayana (1863–1952) Spanish-American Poet, Philosopher

Poor people choose now. Rich people choose balance.
T. Harv Eker (b.1954) American Motivational Speaker, Lecturer, Author

Our lives are a mixture of different roles. Most of us are doing the best we can to find whatever the right balance is … For me, that balance is family, work, and service.
Hillary Rodham Clinton (b.1947) American Head of State, Politician

Just as light brightens darkness, discovering inner fulfillment can eliminate any disorder or discomfort. This is truly the key to creating balance and harmony in everything you do.
Deepak Chopra (b.1946) Indian-born American Physician, Public Speaker, Writer

The trick to juggling is determining which balls are made of rubber and which ones are made of glass.
Anonymous

The world acquires value only through its extremes and endures only through moderation; extremists make the world great, the moderates give it stability.
Paul Valery (1871–1945) French Critic, Poet

The key to keeping your balance is knowing when you’ve lost it.
Unknown

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 (b.1937) American Unitarian Universalist Author, Essayist, Clergyman

The best and safest thing is to keep a balance in your life, acknowledge the great powers around us and in us. If you can do that, and live that way, you are really a wise man.
Euripides (480–406 BCE) Ancient Greek Dramatist

People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher

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