Work Life Balance Quotes

“Balance is not something you find, it's something you create”
― Jana Kingsford, UNJUGGLED: Balance is not something you find, it's something you create

“Those who feel satisfied with their personal lives are more satisfied with their careers and perform better.”
― Michael Hyatt, Living Forward: A Proven Plan to Stop Drifting and Get the Life You Want

“Take work as a game and enjoy it. Everything is a challenge. Just don’t go on doing it, dragging yourself because it has to be done.
So there are only two possibilities: either find work you like or become capable of liking the work, whatsoever it is. The second is the best alternative because it is very difficult to find work that you like.like. Sooner or later you will dislike it. In the beginning, maybe you like it.”
― Osho, Beloved of my heart: A Darshan diary

“The rich flow of creativity, innovation, and almost musical complexity we are looking for in a fulfilled work life cannot be reached through trying or working harder. The medium for the soul, it seems, must be the message. The river down which we raft is made up of the same substance as the great sea of our destination. It is an ever-moving, firsthand creative engagement with life and with others that completes itself simply by being itself. This kind of approach must be seen as the "great art" of working in order to live, of remembering what is most important in the order of priorities and what place we occupy in a much greater story than the one our job description defines. Other "great arts," such as poetry, can remind and embolden us to this end. Whatever we choose to do, the stakes are very high. With a little more care, a little more courage, and, above all, a little more soul, our lives can be so easily discovered and celebrated in work, and not, as now, squandered and lost in its shadow.”
― David Whyte, The Heart Aroused: Poetry and the Preservation of the Soul in Corporate America

“No, life is meant to be a celebration; celebration is its central note. If someone asks you, better ask this question of yourself: ”Do I live to work or work to live?” Then the answer will become very clear to you, and you will move much closer to Krishna. You do everything so you live, and not so you live to work and work meaninglessly. And to live you don’t need to do much; too much doing has no meaning.”
― Osho, Krishna: The Man and his Philosophy

“A world full of "certainties"
All the plans, all the vanities.
Where black covers the white
Suited in "confidence"- the constant fight.
A million roads I dream to take
One destination, knowing not I turn where.
A green veil covers for two years, some two decades.
But the "plan" awaits, new roads to make.
I pant, I struggle, I do my best
While they say,
"You are, dear, but so inadequate".”
― Sanhita Baruah

“Always take some of the play, fun, freedom and wonder of the weekend into your week & your work”
― Rasheed Ogunlaru

“Do we work for and pay for all this convenience in order to live our lives, or do we live our lives in order to work for and pay for all this convenience?”
― Colin Beavan, No Impact Man

“…there is rapidly developing a soil shortage on your planet. That is, you are running out of good soil in which to grow your food. This is because soil needs time to reconstitute itself, and your corporate farmers have no time. They want land that is producing, producing, producing. So the age-old practice of alternating growing fields from season to season is being abandoned or shortened. To make up for the loss of time, chemicals are being dumped into the land in order to render it fertile faster. Yet in this, as with all things, you cannot develop an artificial substitute for Mother Nature which comes even close to providing what She provides.”
― Neale Donald Walsch, Conversations With God: An Uncommon Dialogue, Book 2

“Take things as they come. The less you compare, the happier you will be. And this is not only true at work.”
― Rahul Shrivastava, WHY FAIL?: Your Bestial Way to Success

“After staring at the poor in the eyes, my thoughts on how best to help people have dramatically changed.”
― Moutasem Algharati

“Working smarter is learning to prioritize, plan, and focus our energies with meaningful intent.”
― Michael Thomas Sunnarborg, Balancing Work, Relationships & Life in Three Simple Steps

“What is your motivation? When you drill down and ask, "What if there was zero ROI (of any form)?," you'll discover your highest and best use of time.”
― Richie Norton

“Work-Life Freedom > Work-Life Balance”
― Richie Norton

“Your colleagues are not your friends; Your boss is not your enemy; Your subordinate is not a fool; Your office is not your house; Your house is not your office; Do not expect rewards to work hard. It is the other way around.”
― Rahul Shrivastava

“Each petal in the universe whispers in our ears that an unknown power is at work. If we align ourselves with this divine energy, offer our work to Him and move on in life, we will never have any worries and anxieties in our life.”
― Sanchita Pandey, Voyage to Happiness!

“Christian culture has too often offered women a push toward contentment that can numb us to our own desires, without offering the tools to discern whether those desires could be good or Holy-Spirit-inspired.”
― Katelyn Beaty, A Woman's Place: A Christian Vision for Your Calling in the Office, the Home, and the World

“don’t bite the hand that feeds you, they said. but, what if they are chewing mine off?”
― Shareca Cole., Carpel Tunnel.

“If you live for money, no amount will ever satisfy you.”
― Richie Norton

“The world is a stage. Life is an act… Just a balancing act.”
― Tapan Ghosh, Faceless The Only Way Out

“One of single moms’ biggest challenges is finding time to do it all. If you have a co-parent, it can be tempting to use those hours and days your kids are with their dad to catch up on housework or professional work. Don’t go down that rabbit hole. Use this time to prioritize self-care. Later, you will read from several
women who so appreciate the time afforded by co-parenting to exercise, build businesses, catch up on TV and movies, nurture their social and dating lives, or just read a book. Do not squander those hours by doing laundry!
Despite how full (and crazy) your days can be, there are always pockets of time you can dedicate to self-care.”
― Emma Johnson, The Kickass Single Mom

“By leading ourselves effectively, we can learn to lead others as a whole person: mind, body, and spirit.”
― Michael Thomas Sunnarborg, Balancing Work, Relationships & Life in Three Simple Steps

“The answer to finding better work/life balance is to find the right blend between all our life activities—regardless of where and when they occur.”
― Michael Thomas Sunnarborg, Balancing Work, Relationships & Life in Three Simple Steps

“Being a person that others can trust is one of the most sought after qualities in the workplace today. So many leaders and their staff have shown in the recent global financial crisis a lack of trust and integrity amongst themselves and with their clients and other stakeholders.”
― Nigel Cumberland, Secrets of Success at Work: 50 Techniques to Excel

“You’re probably wondering what the heck I mean by “The Pillars of Your Life”, right? Well this is simple. It’s the things that make your life what it is. The things or people that make you, you. There’s work, family, your hobby, your art, and your traditions. Except, some of us have wonky pillars. Some of us give one pillar too much to hold, and the others not enough. One’s too tall, whilst the others are too small. Therefore we become unstable, and sometimes, everything comes crashing down.”
― S.R. Crawford, From My Suffering: 25 Ways to Break the Chains of Anxiety, Depression & Stress

“Workdays are, I imagine, rather like learning to ice-skate Torvill and Dean’s The Bolero. They start and end easily enough; it’s the bit in the middle that causes the pain in the arse.”
― Fennel Hudson, Fine Things: Fennel's Journal No. 8

“A Bombshell wants it all, yet she is beginning to see she
can’t have it all at once.”
― Amber Hurdle, The Bombshell Business Woman: How to Become a Bold, Brave Female Entrepreneur

“The concept of “work-life balance” is a fleeting idea for a Bombshell. Instead, a focus on work-life success—where her time and energy shifts based on the rotating demands of each area of her life—is far more realistic.”
― Amber Hurdle, The Bombshell Business Woman: How to Become a Bold, Brave Female Entrepreneur

“I go the extra mile for my clients!”
― Rudolf Jerome Ragay

“Work and money are not luxuries, and your children benefit in countless ways by having a proud, successful, financially comfortable mother. Go earn, and never look back.”
― Emma Johnson, The Kickass Single Mom