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When life is very busy, it can be difficult to find that good balance between life and work.
But it is especially at those moments that it is extra important. For your relationships. Your happiness, both at work and at home. And for your stress level and health.
Sometimes we just need a reminder to breathe, slow down a little, and remember what really matters most in life.
To help you with that and find a better balance if you think you need it, I’d like to share 90 of the most helpful and inspiring quotes about work-life balance.
I hope you’ll find something uplifting and useful here.
Inspirational quotes about work-life balance
“Balance is not something you find, it is something you create.”
– Jana Kingsford
“Remember that work and life coexist. Wellness at work follows you at home and vice versa.”
– Melissa Steginus
“Working hard for something we don’t care about is called stress; working hard for something we love is called passion.”
– Simon Sinek
“Happiness is not a matter of intensity, but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony.”
–Thomas Merton
“Life is about balance; too much and too little can be fatal. The best way to balance life is to set your boundaries and learn to say enough.”
– Unknown
“When you have balance in your life, work becomes a completely different experience. There is a passion that takes you to a whole new level of fulfillment and gratitude.”
– Cara Delevingne
“Balance is a feeling that comes from being whole and complete; it is a feeling of harmony. It is essential for maintaining the quality of life and work.”
–Joshua Osenga
“Never be so busy making money that you forget to make a living.”
– Dolly Parton
“True work-life balance comes from knowing that your life activities are integrated and not separate.”
– Michael Thomas Sunnarborg
“Balance, peace and joy are the fruits of a successful life. It starts with recognizing your talents and finding ways to serve others by using them.”
– Thomas Kinkade
“Live a life that is well balanced; don’t do things excessively.”
– Daniel Smit
“The gift of balance in your life – may you find the balance of life, time for work but also time for play. Too much of one thing ultimately creates stress that no one needs in their lives.”
– Catherine Pulsifer
“Be steadfast and organized in your life, so that you can be powerful and original in your work.”
– Gustave Flaubert
“Balance offers the chance for a long life. You can be a champion at work and at home.”
–Tony Dungy
“Part of balancing work and life is surrounding yourself with people who have the same ambitions.”
– Damon Dash
“Balance does not mean better time management, but better boundary management. Balance means making choices and enjoying those choices.”
– Betsy Jacobson
Funny quotes about work life balance
“I’m afraid you’ll have to stay late tonight. I want you to attend this lecture on work-life balance.”
– Sandra Shea
“Work friends are irreplaceable, because no boundary is stronger than having to endure the same crap for eight hours every day.”
– Unknown
“I think taking vacations, turning off the phone and just sending emails or social media for short periods of time helps with work-life balance. When I look at it all day, I start to feel like a cuckoo bird.”
– Maria Bamford
“If going to the office makes you sick, work from home.”
– Fay Collins
“If you don’t have time for a break, then you definitely need a break!”
– Dominique Andersen
“Somewhere right now, someone is thinking of an excuse not to go to work tomorrow.”
– Bob Simmons
“When my boss tells me that I’m having trouble finding a work-life balance, I like to send a text at 3 a.m. and say, ‘Look who’s talking now.’”
– Unknown
“Is it work-life balance when you’re at work and you wish you were at home in bed?”
– Unknown
“I love it when companies lie about offering work-life balance.”
– Jay Thomas
“Work from home grew up and became work from home.”
–Sam Williams
“Your brain does a great job when it laughs.”
– Jon Scieszka
“As a self-employed person, you work 12 hours a day for yourself and therefore do not have to work 8 hours a day for someone else.”
– Unknown
“If you had to identify in one word the reason why the human race has not and never will reach its full potential, that word would be ‘encounters.’
– Dave Barry
“I am currently out of the office and can be reached by waiting until I return.”
– Anonymously
‘You’ve been working really hard lately. If you need some fresh air and sunshine, visit www.fresh-air-and-sunshine.com”
– Unknown
“All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.”
– Jack Torrance (from the movie The Shining)
“To achieve work-life balance, stop leaving your personal life at home and bring it to work.”
–Jim Harper
Motivational quotes about work life balance for your career
“You don’t have to make yourself miserable to be successful.”
–Andrew Wilkinson
“Either you decide the day, or the day decides you.”
–Jim Rohn
“Don’t hire a man who does your job for money, but one who does it for love.”
– Henry David Thoreau
“Time is truly the only capital a man has, and the one he cannot afford to lose.”
–Thomas Edison
“Balance is the perfect state of still water. Let that be our model.”
– Confucius
“Imagine working 20% smarter instead of 20% longer.”
–David Cummings
“The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to plan your priorities.”
– Stephen R. Covey
“You’ll never find time for anything. If you want time, you have to get it.”
– Charles Buxton
“Most people strive for success at work, thinking that this will make them happy. The truth is that happiness at work will make you successful.”
– Alexander Kjerulf
“Do not strive to be a success, but to be of value.”
–Albert Einstein
“You can have it all. You just can’t have it all at once.”
– Oprah Winfrey
“Choose a job you love, and you’ll never have to work a day in your life.”
– Confucius
“Work-life balance was a mistake from the start. Because we don’t really want balance. We want satisfaction.”
–Matthew Kelly
“Take good care of yourself. If you don’t sleep, eat crap, don’t exercise and live on adrenaline for too long, your performance suffers.”
–Ev Williams
“The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle.”
–Steve Jobs
“We wrongly think that success is the result of the amount of time we put into work, rather than the quality of the time we put into it.”
– Arianna Huffington
“A ‘good job’ can be practically attractive, but still not good enough to devote your entire life to.”
– Alain de Botton
“Working smarter is learning to prioritize, plan, and focus our energy with meaningful intention.”
– Michael Thomas Sunnarborg
Quotes About Work Life Balance For Women
“Don’t confuse having a career with having a life.”
–Hillary Clinton
“You have to balance your passions, not your time.”
– Lisa Sugar
“Your children only get one childhood. Make it unforgettable.”
– Regina Brett
“Framing the issue of work-life balance – as if the two are dramatically opposed to each other – practically ensures that work will lose out. Who would ever choose work over life?”
– Sheryl Sandberg
“To have someone who never makes a mistake, never finds her personal life in disarray, never worries about work-life balance? I think that would be unreal.”
– Sophie Kinsella
“A career is wonderful, but you can’t curl up with it on a cold evening.”
– Marilyn Monroe
“We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our ‘to do’ list.”
–Michelle Obama
“I have so much admiration for women who are mothers, who find a balance between family and work.”
– Beyonce
‘Get rid of the guilt. When you’re somewhere, you don’t have to feel bad about not being at work; If you’re at work, don’t feel bad about not being home.”
– Katie Couric
“Having young children does not make me less suitable for that raise/promotion/assignment.”
– Katie M. McLaughlin
“The phrase ‘working mother’ is redundant.”
– Jane Sellman
“A happy mom is a good mom, and when you’re buzzing through work, your whole family is singing along.”
– Sharon Meers
“When in doubt, choose the children. There will be plenty of time to choose work later.”
– Anna Quindlen
“If you want to change the world, go home and love your family.”
– Mother Teresa
“Consistency in your personality from home to work is crucial so that you are in total balance at all times.”
– Catherine Pulsifer
“When I think about work-life balance, I can’t imagine a perfect day where I could spend just the right amount of time making an impact at work and cuddling with my kids at home.”
– Jane Park
“Just because I’m a working mom doesn’t mean my family isn’t my first priority.”
– Anonymously
“You can’t do your job well if your job is the only thing you do.”
–Katie Thurmes
‘I wish I hadn’t been in a hurry with the following things: dinner, bath, book, bed. I wish I had cherished the doing a little more and the getting done a little less.”
– Anna Quindlen
Short quotes about work life balance
“The bad news is that time flies. The good news is that you are the pilot.”
– Michael Altshuler
“Two wrongs don’t make a right, but they are a good excuse.”
–Thomas Szasz
“What I dream of is an art of balance.”
– Henri Matisse
“Man maintains his balance, equilibrium and sense of security only when he progresses.”
– Maxwell Maltz
“Work is just part of our lives, not the other way around.”
– Unknown
“Life will always be busy, make time to do the things you love.”
– Lailah Gifty Akita
“Create a life you don’t need a vacation from.”
– Unknown
“Do less, be more.”
– Elizabeth Grace Saunders
“Everything in life must be in balance.”
–Donna Karan
“Balance. The ultimate goal.”
– Ricky Lankford
“You can’t really be considered successful in your business life if your family life is in shambles.”
– Zig Ziglar
“Self-care is the way you get your power back.”
– Lalah Delia
“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”
–Theodore Roosevelt
“Everything you can imagine is real.”
–Pablo Picasso
“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you have to keep moving.”
–Albert Einstein
“Faith gives you inner strength and a sense of balance and perspective in life.”
–Gregory Peck
“By far the best prize that life has to offer is the opportunity to work hard at work that is worth doing.”
–Theodore Roosevelt
“Nature does not take sides, it only maintains or restores balance.”
– Mihail Militaru
“Be temperate to savor the pleasures of life in abundance.”
–Epicurus
“It’s never too late to be what you could have been.”
–George Eliot
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