“It is only hard work that brings about results, doing things for others. Forget about your problems. Take responsibility for your life and make it into something beautiful in the midst of changing circumstances.” HardProblemBeautifulForgetResultsResponsibilityHard WorkBuddhismBalanceCircumstancesMidstTaking ResponsibilitySomething BeautifulResponsibility For Your LifeDoing Things For Others Author:Frederick Lenz
“The garden reconciles human art and wild nature, hard work and deep pleasure, spiritual practice and the material world. It is a magical place because it is not divided. The many divisions and polarizations that terrorize a disenchanted world find peaceful accord among mossy rock walls, rough stone paths, and trimmed bushes. Maybe a garden sometimes seems fragile, for all its earth and labor, because it achieves such an extraordinary delicate balance of nature and human life, naturalness and artificiality. It has its own liminality, its point of balance between great extremes.” WorldLifeHumansArtSometimesHardSeemsEarthSpiritualPleasurePracticePathAchieveRocksMaterialsHard WorkWallBalanceGardenLaborStonesExtraordinaryExtremesPeacefulHuman LifeRoughDivisionDividedFragileDelicateAccordReconcileFinding PeaceSpiritual PracticeMaterial WorldPolarizationArtificialityMagical PlacesDisenchanted Author:Thomas Moore
“I was a little, uh, incorrigible as a kid, so the kitchen was a good place to give me structure and balance. It taught me hard work, but then I grew to love it.” GivingLittlesHardKidsTaughtHard WorkGrewBalanceGive MeStructureKitchenGood PlaceIncorrigible Author:Aaron Sanchez
“Work hard every day at increasing your purity of heart, which consists in appraising things and weighing them in the balance of God's will.” HeartHardHard WorkBalanceGods WillPurityWeighing Author:Saint Francis de Sales
“I think if you look after yourself on a regular basis, and do the prep beforehand, you don't need to put lots of effort into looking good. It's about finding the right balance - if you have a good diet, drink lots of water, exercise regularly and sleep, you won't look bad on a regular basis. Then you can afford the occasional naughty slip up once in a while, going out and having a delicious glass of wine with friends, having a great laugh and chat then realizing its 2am isn't so bad - you've put in the hard work!” IfsThinkingNeedsLooksHardWaterRealizingSleepEffortLaughingHard WorkBalanceExerciseDrinkFindingsBasesWineGlassesDietsSlipsGoing OutDeliciousLooking GoodOccasionalNaughtyWine GlassPrepsWine With FriendsLook After Yourself Author:Cat Deeley
“Life balance is a myth. It's an illusion and the very pursuit of it is driving us crazy. For me it's about proportion - it's really a work hard/play hard equation.” HardPlayCrazyHard WorkBalanceIllusionMythDrivingPursuitProportionEquationsLife BalancePlay HardWork Hard Play Hard Author:Danielle LaPorte
“I can say that I'm a feminist and I try to be progressive and all that stuff. But I when I'm tired or when I've been thrown up on for the second time that I'm just a tired man trying to keep it together. I've had a lot of jobs over the years and people who make television - it's ridiculous how much they're lauded and paid. It's irresponsible and stupid. But it is hard work. It's very difficult to balance having three young kids and working like that. So I owe my wife an enormous debt of gratitude. I feel guilty that the kids had to be grown in her body and she hasn't been able to work.” PeopleMenTryingKidsTogetherDifficultWifeStupidHard WorkBalanceGratitudeTiredFeministMy WifeRidiculousGuiltyProgressive Author:Rob Delaney
“Balance is if you try hard, you work hard then the rewards are in balance with what you put in and what is available.” IfsTryingHardHard WorkBalanceRewardsAvailable Author:Iain Duncan Smith