Balance Quotes - Page 5

• Balance, peace, and joy are the fruit of a successful life.

  Thomas Kinkade

  Successful, Balance And Harmony, Joy

  "A Physician's Guide to Coping with Death and Dying". Book by Jan Swanson and Alan Cooper, December 9, 2004.

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• An excellent man, like precious metal, is in every way invariable; A villain, like the beams of a balance, is always varying, upwards and downwards.

  John Locke

  Integrity, Men, Way

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• I balanced all, brought all to mind, the years to come seemed waste of breath, a waste of breath the years behind, in balance with this life, this death.

  William Butler Yeats

  Death, Years, Mind

  "An Irish Airman Foresees His Death" l. 9 (1919)

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• Something in human nature causes us to start slacking off at our moment of greatest accomplishment. As you become successful, you will need a great deal of self-discipline not to lose your sense of balance, humility and commitment.

  Ross Perot

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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• The balance of private good and general welfare is at the bottom of civilized morals but the morals of the Heroic Age are founded on individuality, and on nothing else.

  Lascelles Abercrombie

  Individuality, Age, Moral

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• I called the New World into existence, to redress the balance of the Old.

  George Canning

  History, World, Redress

  Speech in House of Commons, 12 Dec. 1826

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• Most people get a fair amount of fun out of their lives, but on balance life is suffering, and only the very young or the very foolish imagine otherwise.

  George Orwell

  Fun, World Suffering, People

  George Orwell, Keith Gessen (2009). “All Art Is Propaganda: Critical Essays”, p.331, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• What is the essence of America? The essence of America is finding and maintaining that perfect, delicate balance between freedom "to" and freedom "from."

  Marilyn vos Savant

  4th Of July, Patriotic, Essence

  "Women Know Everything!: 3,241 Quips, Quotes, & Brilliant Remarks". Book by Karen Weekes, 2007.

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• I very much prefer the balance in a scene to standing out and so you have to make a decision

  William Hurt

  Decision, Scene, Standing Out

  Interview with Daniel Robert Epstein, suicidegirls.com. September 18, 2005.

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• There are men who can write poetry, and there are men who can read balance sheets. The men who can read balance sheets cannot write.

  Henry R. Luce

  Writing, Men, He Man

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• The trick of making movies in this culture is how to not give up everything that makes them worthwhile in order to get them made - and that's a tricky balance.

  Alex Winter

  Movie, Giving Up, Order

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I try to keep a balance between conceptional or intellectual comprehension and emotional understanding.

  Noto

  Emotional, Understanding, Intellectual

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• We should restore a proper balance in environmental regulation and energy production that is based on common sense, not political agendas.

  Mac Thornberry

  Common Sense, Political, Environmental

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• Something is always born of excess: great art was born of great terror, great loneliness, great inhibitions, instabilities, and it always balances them.

  Anais Nin

  Art, Loneliness, Excess

  The Diary of Anais Nin, Vol. 4, 1944-1947.

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• The human mind, if it is to keep its sanity, must maintain the nicest balance between unity and plurality.

  Irving Babbitt

  Unity, Mind, Sanity

  Irving Babbitt (1908). “Literature and the American college: essays in defense of the humanities”

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• The delicate balance between modesty and conceit is popularity.

  Max Beerbohm

  Modesty, Popularity, Conceit

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• Film is a very young art that is still evolving. Soon, we shall reach a balance between content and technology.

  Catherine Deneuve

  Art, Technology, Film

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• Research has shown that even small amounts of processed food alter the chemical balance in our brain and cause negative mood swings along with noticeable dips ill energy.

  Marilu Henner

  Swings, Brain, Energy

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• It is better to lose everything you have to keep the balance of justice level, than to live a life of petty privilege devoid of true freedom.

  Bryant H. McGill

  Justice, Levels, Privilege

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• A civilized man is one who will give a serious answer to a serious question. Civilization itself is a certain sane balance of values.

  Ezra Pound

  Men, Civilization, Giving

  Ezra Pound (1952). “Guide to Kulchur”, p.137, New Directions Publishing

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• I was very immature when I was young, and for me there was no balance. Everything was just all or nothing.

  Mickey Rourke

  Immature, Young, Being Immature

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• Television news is a delicate balance of serving public good and private gain.

  Jessica Savitch

  News, Television, Literature

  Jessica Savitch (1983). “Anchorwoman”, Berkley

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• Capitalism tries for a delicate balance: It attempts to work things out so that everyone gets just enough stuff to keep them from getting violent and trying to take other people’s stuff.

  George Carlin

  Philosophy, Stupid People, Trying

  George Carlin (2002). “Napalm & Silly Putty”, Hyperion

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• Poor people choose now. Rich people choose balance.

  T. Harv Eker

  Inspirational, People, Secret

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• I wouldn't change a thing - except my bank balance.

  Johnny Thunders

  Change

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