52 Work-life Balance Inspirational Quotes (STABILITY)

Top 37 Most Famous Work-Life Balance Quotes (POSITIVE)

Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.”
Carl Sandburg

I've learned that you can't have everything and do everything at the same time. - Oprah Winfrey — I’ve learned that you can’t have everything and do everything at the same time. – **Oprah Winfrey**

You will never feel truly satisfied by work until you are satisfied by life. - Heather Schuck — You will never feel truly satisfied by **work** until you are satisfied by life. – Heather Schuck

We think, mistakenly, that success is the result of the amount of time we put in at work, instead of the quality of time we put in. - Arianna Huffington — We think, mistakenly, that success is the result of the amount of time we put in at work, instead of the quality of time we put in. – **Arianna Huffington**

Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing. - Harriet Braiker — Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing. – Harriet Braiker

Don’t confuse having a career with having a life. - Hillary Clinton — Don’t confuse having a **career** with having a life. – Hillary Clinton

The key is in not spending time, but in investing it. - Stephen R. Covey — The key is in not spending time, but in investing it. – Stephen R. Covey

Trying to do it all and expecting that it all can be done exactly right is a recipe for disappointment. Perfection is the enemy. - Sheryl Sandberg — Trying to do it all and expecting that it all can be done exactly right is a recipe for **disappointment**. Perfection is the enemy. – **Sheryl Sandberg**

We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own 'to do' list. - Michelle Obama — We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own ‘to do’ list. – **Michelle Obama**

You can't do a good job if your job is all you do. - Katie Thurmes — You can’t do a good job if your job is all you do. – Katie Thurmes

You can't truly be considered successful in your business life if your home life is in shambles. - Zig Ziglar — You can’t truly be considered successful in your business life if your home life is in shambles. – **Zig Ziglar**

Burnout is about resentment. Preventing it is about knowing yourself well enough to know what it is you're giving up that makes you resentful. - Marissa Mayer — Burnout is about resentment. Preventing it is about knowing yourself well enough to know what it is you’re giving up that makes you resentful. – **Marissa Mayer**

Never get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life. - Dolly Parton — Never get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life. – **Dolly Parton**

You can't have everything you want, but you can have the things that really matter to you. - Marissa Mayer — You can’t have everything you want, but you can have the things that really matter to you. – Marissa Mayer

You have to balance your passions, not your time. - Lisa Sugar — You have to balance your passions, not your time. – Lisa Sugar

Time is really the only capital that any human being has, and the only thing he can't afford to lose. - Thomas Edison — Time is really the only capital that any human being has, and the only thing he can’t afford to lose. – **Thomas Edison**

Happiness comes from living as you need to, as you want to. As your inner voice tells you to. Happiness comes from being who you actually are instead of who you think you are supposed to be.”
Shonda Rhimes

Balance is not better time management, but better boundary management. Balance means making choices and enjoying those choices. - Betty Jacobson — Balance is not better time management, but better boundary management. Balance means making choices and enjoying those choices. – Betty Jacobson

Women need real moments of solitude and self-reflection to balance out how much of ourselves we give away. - Barbara De Angelis — Women need real moments of **solitude** and self-reflection to balance out how much of ourselves we give away. – Barbara De Angelis

It's all about quality of life and finding a happy balance between work and friends and family. - Philip Green — It’s all about quality of life and finding a happy balance between work and friends and family. – Philip Green

Invest in your work life balance. Time with friends and family is as important as times at work. Getting that out of balance is a path toward unhappiness. - Stephen Gillett — Invest in your work-life balance. Time with friends and family is as important as times at work. Getting that out of balance is a path toward unhappiness. – Stephen Gillett

You can have it all. You just can't have it all at once. - Oprah Winfrey — You can have it all. You just can’t have it all at once. – Oprah Winfrey

Work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. The other four balls—family, health, friends, integrity—are made of glass. If you drop one of these, it will be irrevocably scuffed, nicked, perhaps even shattered.”
Gary Keller (The ONE Thing)

Work, love, and play are the great balance wheels of man’s being. - Orison Swett Marden — Work, love, and play are the great balance wheels of man’s being. – Orison Swett Marden

We have overstretched our personal boundaries and forgotten that true happiness comes from living an authentic life fueled with a sense of purpose and balance. - Dr. Kathleen Hall — We have overstretched our personal boundaries and forgotten that true happiness comes from living an authentic life fueled with **a sense of purpose** and balance. – Dr. Kathleen Hall

You will never find time for anything. If you want time, you must make it. - Charles Buxton — You will never find time for anything. If you want time, you must make it. – Charles Buxton

Always take some of the play, fun, freedom, and wonder of the weekend into your week and your work. - Rasheed Ogunlaru — Always take some of the play, fun, **freedom**, and wonder of the weekend into your week and your work. – **Rasheed Ogunlaru**

A time to relax and a time to be busy, a time to frolic and a time to labor, a time to receive and a time to give, a time to begin and a time to finish. - Jonathan Lockwood Huie — A time to relax and a time to be busy, a time to frolic and a time to labor, a time to receive and a time to give, a time to begin and a time to finish. – Jonathan Lockwood Huie

I think taking vacations and turning off the phone and only doing emails or social media for a specific short amount of time helps with work/life balance. If I’m checking it all day I start to feel cuckoo-bird. So I just do it once or twice a day instead of a thousand. And then remembering that it doesn’t matter. It just doesn’t matter.”
Maria Bamford

Most people chase success at work, thinking that will make them happy. The truth is that happiness at work will make you successful. - Alexander Kjerulf — Most people chase success at work, thinking that will make them happy. The **truth** is that happiness at work will make you successful. – Alexander Kjerulf

When you’re gone, would you rather have your gravestone say, ‘He never missed a meeting’? Or one that said, ‘He was a great father.’ - Steve Blank — When you’re gone, would you rather have your gravestone say, ‘He never missed a meeting’? Or one that said, ‘He was a great father.’ – Steve Blank, author of “The Startup Owner’s Manual”

I have so much admiration for women who are mothers, who balance family and work. - Beyonce — I have so much admiration for women who are mothers, who balance family and work. – **Beyonce**

Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable. - Sydney Harris — Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable. – Sydney Harris

May you find the balance of life-time for work but also time for play. Too much of one thing ends up creating stress that no one needs in their life. - Catherine Pulsifer — May you find the balance of life – time for work but also time for play. Too much of one thing ends up creating stress that no one needs in their life. – Catherine Pulsifer

Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm, and harmony. - Thomas Merton — Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm, and harmony. – Thomas Merton

Either you run the day, or the day runs you. - Jim Rohn — Either you run the day, or the day runs you. – **Jim Rohn**

Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value. - Albert Einstein — Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value. – **Albert Einstein**

The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot. - Michael Altshuler — The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot. – Michael Altshuler

The challenge of work life balance is without question one of the most significant struggles faced by modern man. - Stephen Covey — The challenge of work life balance is without question one of the most significant struggles faced by modern man. – **Stephen Covey**

Balance, peace, and joy are the fruit of a successful life. It starts with recognizing your talents and finding ways to serve others by using them. - Thomas Kinkade — Balance, **peace**, and joy are the fruit of a successful life. It starts with recognizing your **talents** and finding ways to serve others by using them. – Thomas Kinkade

15 Quotes on Work-life Balance to Help You Ponder (HEALTHY)

“Find your balance and stand with it. Find your song and sing it out. Find your cadence and let it appear like a dance. Find the questions that only you know how to ask and the answers that you are content to not know.”
Mary Anne Radmacher

There is no such thing as work-life balance. Everything worth fighting for unbalances your life. - Alain de Botton — There is no such thing as work-life balance. Everything worth fighting for unbalances your life. – Alain de Botton

Working hard for something we don't care about is called stress; Working hard for something we love is called passion. - Simon Sinek — Working hard for something we don’t care about is called stress; Working hard for something we love is called passion. – **Simon Sinek**

Allow the goals that “speak to your heart” to guide you in your decisions. - Richie Norton — Allow the goals that “speak to your heart” to guide you in your decisions. – Richie Norton

Forget work-life balance...Do the thing you want and create systems to support that. Perfectly imbalanced in the direction you want to go is perfectly acceptable. - Richie Norton — Forget work-life balance…Do the thing you want and create systems to support that. Perfectly imbalanced in the direction you want to go is perfectly acceptable. – Richie Norton

Those who take initiative at work, do so not because they are stupid but because they understand the concept of responsibility. - Harmon Okinyo — Those who take initiative at work, do so not because they are stupid but because they understand the concept of responsibility. – Harmon Okinyo

Looking back over a life of hard work… my only regret is that I didn’t work even harder. - H. L. Mencken — Looking back over a life of hard work… my only regret is that I didn’t work even harder. – H. L. Mencken

Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important. - Stephen R. Covey — Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important. – Stephen R. Covey

It is not work that kills men; it is worry. Worry is rust upon the blade. - Henry Ward Beecher — It is not work that kills men; it is worry. Worry is rust upon the blade. – **Henry Ward Beecher**

Be steady and well-ordered in your life so that you can be fierce and original in your work. - Gustave Flaubert — Be steady and well-ordered in your life so that you can be fierce and original in your work. – **Gustave Flaubert**

Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance. - Epicurus — Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance. – **Epicurus**

The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities. - Matthew Kelly — The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities. – Matthew Kelly

You don’t have to make yourself miserable to be successful. - Andrew Wilkinson — You don’t have to make yourself miserable to be successful. – Andrew Wilkinson

If you want to change the world, go home and love your family. - Mother Teresa — If you want to **change** the world, go home and love your family. – **Mother Teresa**

I wish I had treasured the doing a little more and the getting it done a little less. - Anna Quindlen — I wish I had treasured the *doing* a little more and the *getting it done* a little less. – Anna Quindlen

We are prone to judge success by the index of our salaries or the size of our automobiles rather than by the quality of our service and relationship to mankind. - Martin Luther King Jr. — We are prone to judge success by the index of our salaries or the size of our automobiles rather than by the quality of our service and relationship to mankind. – Martin Luther King Jr.

Conclusion

In this digital day and age, work-life balance is highly sought after by students and professionals alike.

The more we aim for success, the more out-of-balance we are.

Work-life balance is a concept that describes better time and energy management by dividing one’s attention between work and other seemingly more important tasks.

Life is not just about working hard, pay the bills, and neglecting everything along the way. (Read: Best Life Quotes to Encourage You)

If you are desperately seeking a work-life balance then these powerful, thought-provoking quotes can inspire you to take the necessary steps to balance out your life and help you consider what daily responsibility management means to you.

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On the surface, some of the quotes may seem to contradict one another but the truth is, they are not.

Life is complicated and subjective. You and I have different goals.

Some people prioritize family but their work is taking too much time therefore they seek to counterbalance. Others prioritize work because they believe that their work makes a difference to the world. That is why these quotes may seem contradictory.

It all boils down to what your priorities are.

If you have no priorities then you do not need a seek work-life balance, hence it renders this post entirely pointless.

However, if you know your priorities the quotes herein can be extremely thought-provoking and life-changing if you use them correctly.

Let your friends know your priority by sharing your favorite image quote on this page on your social media profile.

Thanks for reading.

Sincerely,
Jeremiah Say

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Top 37 Most Famous Work-Life Balance Quotes (POSITIVE)

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