“Parenting is the hardest thing I have ever done. I tried to find the balance between the strict, traditional Chinese way I was raised, which I think can be too harsh, and what I see as a tendency in the West to be too permissive and indulgent. If I could do it all again, I would, with some adjustments.” IfsThinkingWayDoneBalanceWestRaisedHardestTraditionalTendenciesChineseIf I CouldHarshStrictHardest ThingAdjustment Author:Amy Chua
“There are days that I get neurotic with the instrument [violin]. Every little adjustment will change the balance for good or for bad. It's kind of a miracle, the way the whole thing works as an acoustical whole, so perfectly balanced that any little thing will - which also means the weather, the humidity.” WayKindLittlesWholeBalanceMiracleBalancedNeuroticAdjustmentViolin Author:Joshua Bell
“In life, when you start to fall, you don't have to go crazy, scolding yourself and further throwing yourself off balance. Instead, simply make adjustments.” FallCrazyBalanceThrowingAdjustmentScolding Author:Brenda Strong
“You don't fix a man the way you do a fault in a pipe or a leak in a roof. You take him as he is, Mary Brenna, or you don't take him at all...adjustments can't be all made on one side, darling, else the balance goes off and what's being built just falls down.” MenWayMadeFallSidesRelationshipBalanceBuiltFaultsMaryRoofDarlingFalling DownPipeAdjustmentLeaks Author:Nora Roberts