“I find being a mother is a huge advantage. Of course, I'm probably a little more tired than I might be if I didn't have children, but I think they provide me the balance that I need to keep my mind off of lifting.” IfsThinkingNeedsMindChildrenLittlesMightMotherCoursesHugeBalanceAdvantageTiredLiftingBeing A Mother Author:Melanie Roach
“I'm not sure how much easier it is for a mother to balance her life now - have we simply swapped one set of restrictions for another?” MotherBalanceEasierNot SureRestriction Author:Sara Sheridan
“In a famous Middletown study of Muncie, Indiana, in 1924, mothers were asked to rank the qualities they most desire in their children. At the top of the list were conformity and strict obedience. More than fifty years later, when the Middletown survey was replicated, mothers placed autonomy and independence first. The healthiest parenting probably promotes a balance of these qualities in children.” YearsFirstsChildrenMotherDesireValuesQualityStudyBalanceIndependenceListsObedienceFiftyConformityStrictAutonomySurveysIndiana Author:Richard Louv
“You know how everyone felt like they were the favorite person of Rasulallah salAllahu 'alayhi wa sallam? We need to bring that sunnah into our homes. When we speak to our mother, she should feel that she's the most loved person in our life. When we speak to our wife, she should also get the same feeling. Before we try to change the world, let's bring balance in our homes.” KnowsWorldNeedsFeelsShouldTryingPersonsFeelingsHomeMotherSpeakFeltKnow HowOur LivesWifeBalanceChanging The WorldInspirational LoveMuslimSunnahFavorite Person Author:Nouman Ali Khan
“When people watch me on TV they see part of my life. I wanted to let them know the real me behind the scenes. The child who was a concert violinist from the age of six. The young woman who took on the challenge to compete in the Miss America pageant. The television journalist for twenty-five years. The mother of two who, just like most women, struggles to balance work and family.” PeopleKnowsYearsChildrenTwoRealAgeWantedAmericaYoungMotherChallengesBehindsWatchesStruggleFiveMissingTelevisionTvsBalanceSceneSixTwentiesJournalistFive YearsConcertsYoung WomenTwenty FiveBehind The ScenesWatch MePageantViolinistReal MeMiss America Author:Gretchen Carlson
“Women and men grow up with both sexes. Our mothers and fathers mean a lot to us, so it's just a question of finding a balance between their influences. I've found mine. And it tends to be more on the male side. I mean male side the way we understand it in the West.” MenWayMeanMotherFoundFatherSexGrowsSidesGrowing UpInfluenceMinesBalanceFindingsMen And WomenWestMalesMother And Father Author:Grace Jones
“You can be a good mom and still work out, get your rest, have a career - or not. My mother encouraged me to find that balance.” StillsMotherCareersMomBalanceWork OutGood Mom Author:Michelle Obama
“Like any working mother, I have to balance and manage my time very carefully. My children and husband come first, of course, then my work.” FirstsChildrenMotherCoursesBalanceHusbandManageMy ChildrenMy Time Author:Andrea Davis Pinkney
“I tried to always include my children in everything that I did. I traveled with them, I brought them with me to work, I tried to balance it between work and being a mother as best as I could.” ChildrenMotherBalanceMy ChildrenTraveledBeing A Mother Author:Jill Stuart
“Mothers are doing a better job talking about risk, danger, reproduction, consent, unwanted pregnancy. We're not talking about how to balance the risks and joys and we're really not talking about the joys.” JobsJoyMotherTalkingRiskDangerBalancePregnancyConsentNot TalkingReproductionUnwantedBetter JobsUnwanted Pregnancy Author:Peggy Orenstein
“That's a journey I've been on for many years. I mean, being a working mother, realizing that I have to make and find my balance.” YearsMeanMotherRealizingJourneyBalance Author:Donna Karan
“I am inspired by working moms. Mothers who somehow balance the demands of their many lives - professional, familial, personal, and interior - and still manage to make time to have fun and invest in themselves! This is a huge challenge that I look forward to taking on.” LooksStillsMotherFunChallengesHugeMomBalanceDemandInspiredManageHaving FunInteriorsMaking TimeWorking Mom Author:Daphne Oz
“Most people would say "Ah, Mahatma Gandhi, what a wonderful man, Mother Teresa, maybe Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela, Dalai Lama." And when you look at those people it's not the macho, aggressive, successful people, we may envy them, their bank balances and kind of thing, yes and for being successful. But we do not revere them.” PeopleMenLooksKindMayMotherSuccessfulWonderfulKingsBalanceEnvyBeing SuccessfulAggressiveSuccessful PeopleLutherNelsonMachoLamaTeresaDalaiWonderful Man Author:Desmond Tutu
“Like every working mother, there's guilt involved in deciding how you're going to balance family and work.” MotherBalanceInvolvedGuilt Author:Hillary Clinton
“I would say where I feel like I'm struggling the most in learning and giving myself permission to fail is in finding the balance in life. There are different aspects to women: there's the mother, there's the working woman, there's the wife, the friend, the sister, the daughter and so just figuring that all out. I continue to want to try new things and give myself permission to not be great at it.” WantGivingFeelsTryingDifferentMotherStruggleWifeFailingBalanceFindingsDaughterAspectNew ThingsPermissionLife BalanceWorking Women Author:Sara Blakely
“I guess the most important thing I learned from my mother was you have to raise your own children. I try to say this without judgment, but a lot of people really don't want to do the job because it's so much work. Kids are the hardest job there is, so they just hire someone to do it and then they go to work. There's something about that whole how do you balance being a mother and working, and i f I had to choose, I'd have to choose my kids and I do.” PeopleTryingChildrenImportantKidsMotherBalanceJudgmentBeing A Mother Author:Alexandra Pelosi
“That said, my kids are at home right now with my husband and I'm missing something important at my daughter's school which makes me feel sick inside. It's a lot of balance and a lot of really hard decision making.” FeelsSaidImportantHardHomeKidsSchoolMotherDecisionMissingBalanceRight NowHusbandDaughterSickDecision MakingMy DaughterMy HusbandMissing SomethingHard Decision Author:Reese Witherspoon
“That wind. I see it's blowing now. Furtive but commanding, it has dictated every move we've ever made. My mother felt it, and so do I - even here, even now - as it sweeps us like leaves into his backseat corner, dancing us to shreds against the stones. V'la l'bon vent, v'a l'joli vent. I though we'd silenced it for good. But the smallest thing can wake the wind@ a word, a sign, even a death. There's no such thing as a trivial thing. Everything costs; it all adds up until finally the balance shifts and we're gone again, back on the road, telling ourselves - well maybe next time” WellsMadeMovingMotherNextFeltGoneWindBalanceCostStonesAddDancingCornersSmallestNext TimeBackseatTrivial ThingsMaybe Next Time Author:Joanne Harris
“Even if I had expected it, even if I had known what I was going to do with my life, it would have knocked the wind out of me. When something that violent hits you, you can't help but lose your balance and fall. And after you pick yourself up, you realize you can't trust anybody to save you- not your husband, not your mother, not God. So what can you do to stop yourself from tilting and falling all over again?” IfsHelpingMotherFallRealizingLosesKnownWindBalanceHusbandPicksExpectedViolentYour HusbandPick Yourself Up Author:Amy Tan
“The worst part was that I had things I wanted to tell my mother, too many to count, but none of them would go down so easy. She'd been through too much, between my siters-I could not add to the weight. So instead, I did my best to balance it out, bit by bit, word by word, story by story, even if none of them were true.” IfsStoriesWantedMotherEasyBitsToo MuchWorstBalanceWeightAdd Author:Sarah Dessen