Quotes about balance will change the way you look at life.
He who seeks peace is one who is in daring need of balance in life.
Keeping everything in balance and harmony with each other, whether spiritual or emotional balance, isn’t as easy as it sounds. Fortunately, we can be motivated never to give up.
Our spirituality, physical, and mental health need balance to be able to carry on with activities that are required of us daily to be happy and productive, at work, and in our relationship with friends and family.
If you are searching for happiness, inspiration, and wellness, the following quotes about balance will inspire you to stay uplifted and channel your energy only towards the things that matter the most to be able to attain balance in life.
Inspiring quotes about balance
- “A good method of juggling different tasks is to always balance the short and long term tasks.” — Gretchen Pilar
- “A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your step as you walk the tightrope of life.” — William A Ward
- “As parents, we often struggle with balancing our desire to make our children happy and setting boundaries.” — Ellen Trump
- “As time progresses, increase the amount of time spent on self-improvement, and less time on mental junk food. Create a healthy balance, it’s no different than indulging in some cake here and there. Moderation, moderation, moderation!” — Curt Hinson
- “At the same time, the work of cultivating mindfulness is also playing. It is far too serious to take too seriously — and I say this in all seriousness!” — John Kabat-Zinn.
- “But you do have choices about how you spend your time. Balancing what you need to do with what you want to do can lead to happiness and success.” — Stephen Hall
- “Choice follows Awareness!’ Mindfulness is truly the portal to living in balance! — Joel Levey
- “Examples of balance can be found everywhere, even in those places where you least expect them.” — Dr Patrizia Collard
- “Far from giving up on balance, (Kate) James recommends achieving it by prioritizing and spreading out your wish list. ‘You have to think which are your priorities right now, and accept what you can and can’t do. We have this idea of ‘I want it all now’ but it takes the pressure off a little to set realistic timeframes for your objectives,’ she says.” — Sue White
- “Getting in balance is not so much about adopting new strategies to change your behaviors, as it is about realigning yourself in all of your thoughts so as to create a balance between what you desire and how you conduct your life on a daily basis.” — Wayne Dyer
- “However, it is one thing to be consumed by your future financial goals, and another thing to be making progress and enjoying the process with a more balanced life by doing what brings you joy.” — Maggie Thompson
- “I believe in a world where work feels like play, and while it’s not always as easy as I’d like, I try to spend as much time there as possible.” — Marney K
- “If we are stressed out, we won’t be ‘joyful mothers of children.’ Balance is key.” — Katherine Leigh
- “I’m not suggesting you deny or suppress your emotions, but just discover for yourself what it takes for you to handle your emotions and stay balanced.” — Wendy Hearn
- “Imagine what it would mean if you added positive levels of loyalty, communication, play, forgiveness, unconditional love, a positive attitude, and balance in your life!” — Garry McDaniel
- “In all aspects of our lives, balance is key. Doing one thing too much can cause upset, like the old saying goes, everything in moderation is the secret!” — Catherine Pulsifer
- “Instead of desperately going for a fast sugary boost, you could prepare and eat a healthy, balanced breakfast.” — Linda Westwood
- “It’s also important to give attention to your health and hygiene. Keep yourself healthy by exercising, eating a balanced diet, and sleeping right.” — Kathleen Rao
- “It’s not about balance, it’s about designing a work-home-family life that makes you feel good. A life you don’t need a vacation from.” — Jacqueline Fisch
- “Like with anything in life, find the balance between too much work and being too lazy; between spending too much and being a scrooge; between being gone all the time and being in each other’s way; between talking each other’s ears off and dead silence.” — Christian Olsen
- “Live a life that is well balanced; don’t do things in excess.” — Daniel Smith
- “Moderate activity can return us to fitness and continuous training will bring all the forces back in balance.” — Lorena Katz
- “One reason I practice meditation is to maintain my own balance and clarity of mind in the face of such huge challenges, and to be able to stay more or less on course through all the weather changes that, as a parent, I encounter day in and day out on this journey.” — Myla and Jon Kabat-Zinn
- “Our culture doesn’t always promote balance. Instead, we want everything instantly, and we are willing to pay a premium later. We’re impatient.” — Jeff Kooz
- “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
- “Pursuing your goal is in a sense, fired by internal motivation. Hence, you need a source of external motivation to keep things in balance.” — Ben Robinson
- “Self-care is, fundamentally, about bringing balance back to a life that has grown imbalanced from too many commitments or responsibilities.” — Robyn L. Gobin
- “Self-esteem is a matter of balance. Too much can tip over into haughtiness, arrogance, and the inability to admit when we have gone wrong.” — Alan Schmidt
- “Semi-retirement – reclaiming a proper balance between life and work by leaving a full-time job – offers a way out of the madness of overwork. By reducing spending and switching to a pared-back but more satisfying lifestyle, less money goes out the door.” — Robert Clyatt.
- “Take some time to learn which opinions you need to value and which ones you simply need to stop listening to. Once you find the balance, you are one step closer to finding that confidence that you long for.” — Frankie Robinson
- “The consistency in your person from home to work is vitally important so that you are in total balance at all times. Being out of balance means that your true self will start to be confused with what you pretend to be.” — Catherine Pulsifer
- “The critical part of a balance in life is choosing priorities. If you are trying to balance a family and a career, the choices are complex because both are important.” — Byron Pulsifer
- “The fact is that more and more research is being done and books are being written about what happens to the human body if you look after it and redress the balance of life that people see as being a natural part of aging.” — James Carmen
- “The more often you decline invitations to spend time with friends or family because you are too busy with either work or other activities, the more you should realize that your life is not in balance.” — Byron Pulsifer
- “The problem is that technology has become an extra limb for some of us. It’s important to utilize this technology, but at the same time it’s important to know when to take a break from it.” — Alex Broches
- “The response through relaxation puts a stop to the overwhelming state of eagerness and brings our body, along with mind into a state of balance. Nervous systems can be brought.” — Mike Mitchell
- “The workplace today is very demanding, and you really can’t have your life as a working mom the way it was before baby. So work-life balance for you should be about trade-offs at one time or the other.” — Grace Essen
- “There are many successful businesses but few successful families. Yet, David O. McKay has said that ‘No other success can compensate for failure in the home.’ Without healthy relationships with family and friends, a person doesn’t truly have personal freedom. His life is out of balance.” — Benjamin P. Hardy
- “There is no limit to what great and beautiful things the human being can create with the power of a balanced mind that is open to the inspiration of GOD.” — Paul Odafe Akpomukai
- “Through substitute activities, therapy, and hard work, grieving individuals can work through their anger and progress to live more balanced lives.” Valerie Orr
- “Time and balance the two most difficult things to have control over, yet they are both the things that we do control.” — Catherine Pulsifer
- “Too much of one thing can end up creating stress; this is something that no one needs in their life. But living a life in balance can provide harmony and peace.” — Catherine Pulsifer
- “Understand that building self-confidence is all about striking a balance in your life. The right amount of confidence can help a great deal in achieving what you want.” — Angel Graff
- “We had also been having in-depth conversations with people in our lives about what it means to be seen as less valuable in the workforce as you age, what you are supposed to sacrifice to get ahead early in a career, how to balance the demands of a family with the demands of a workplace, whether or not our passions should be our jobs, and what it means to try so hard and to always come up short.” — Melissa Bergstrom
- “We need to introduce a little balance into your life. Part of this balance means not missing out on some of the marvels of life around you, the fun, some excitement, or other challenges in life.” — Catherine Pulsifer
- “What most people don’t realize is that marriage is a union of not only to people in regard to the ceremony, the tradition, but also the legality of being married, but also interacting with this other human being in a way that is going to bring balance to both of your lives.” — Cathy Pearson
- “When your blood sugar is off balance, you can experience irritability and a lack of motivation.” — Mike C. Adams
- “While it is important to love others unselfishly, it is crucial to find a balance. When we compromise our needs and martyr ourselves to the point of depleting ourselves and neglecting our needs, we become out of balance.” — Jessica Minty
- “You think you’re getting sick this time every year because you over-schedule for the weeks leading up to Christmas and then you miraculously recover and vow to have a greater work-life balance . . .” — Kayley Loring
- “You wonder if it is truly possible to enjoy a life where you can ‘Play Longer.’ You wonder if the rat race our society seems to be in is all that there is, and would love to find another way to enjoy life with your family and friends.” — Tara Ross
- “Your beliefs should knock the scale way off balance leaning to the side of love. If the other side is weighed down with worry, guilt, shame, anger or frustration, choose right now to change that!” — Debbie Dixon
- “A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life.”- William Arthur Ward
- “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
- “Fortunate, indeed, is the man who takes exactly the right measure of himself and holds a just balance between what he can acquire and what he can use.” – Peter Latham
- “Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance and order and rhythm and harmony.” – Thomas Merton
- “Next to love, balance is the most important thing.” – John Wooden
- “Problems arise in that one has to find a balance between what people need from you and what you need for yourself.”- Jessye Norman
- “The calm and balanced mind is the strong and great mind; the hurried and agitated mind is the weak one.” – Wallace D. Wattles
- “We can be sure that the greatest hope for maintaining equilibrium in the face of any situation rests within ourselves.”- Francis J. Braceland
- “We come into this world head first and go out feet first; in between, it is all a matter of balance.”- Paul Boese
- “What I dream of is an art of balance.”- Henri Matisse
- “Wisdom is your perspective on life, your sense of balance, your understanding of how the various parts and principles apply and relate to each other.”- Steven R. Covey
- “Hospitals need a balance of both experienced nurses and new graduate nurses to assure patient safety.” — Beth Hawkes MSN
- “Justice is balance in human affairs. Balance is wider than justice since it includes justice and more than justice.” — Orlando Jay Smith
- “Using wisdom and balance, even those of us who are not Newton or Shakespeare can do great work from home. — Robert I. Webber
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