Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.
~ George Santayana
Common wisdom dictates that the vice president should provide balance to the ticket by representing a different part of the country, another set of experiences, or a basketful of electoral votes.
~ Madeleine M. Kunin
You have to maintain the balance between fast growth and smooth growth. It's like driving a car and knowing when to balance the gas pedal and the brake.
~ Guo Guangchang
I keep my weight low, although you need to be able to move your weight around the race car to change the balance. I'm 6ft and I'm 70kg so I haven't much fat on me.
~ Jenson Button
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
In Hawaii, we have something called Ho'oponopono, where people come together to resolve crises and restore peace and balance.
~ Duane Chapman
Patriarchy is a fundamental imbalance underlying society And it's one we rarely address because it's so universal. But as I get older, I see that peace is a product of balance.
~ Ani Difranco
Peace and security both in Europe and in the Pacific still depend on a balance of power.
~ Lee Kuan Yew
There's the conforming 9-to-5-lifestyle thing. Then there's, like, settling down, trying to find a balance in a relationship sense, or having a dog and having a house. All these things, like, they're not really gonna make you happy.
~ Ty Segall
Focus on being balanced - success is balance.
~ Laila Ali
The hardest thing to find in life is balance - especially, the more success you have, the more you look to the other side of the gate.
~ Celine Dion
The hardest thing to find in life is balance - especially the more success you have, the more you look to the other side of the gate. What do I need to stay grounded, in touch, in love, connected, emotionally balanced? Look within yourself.
It's harder to be a success, globally, and be artistic. Harder to have that balance than just to be artistic when nobody understands you.
~ Andre Benjamin
I recently read that it's the left brain that does all that calculating, and the right brain that does the poetry. Somehow I've veered way towards the left. I've been doing it for years. Maybe I do art to balance it out.
~ Jason Mraz
There are men who can write poetry, and there are men who can read balance sheets. The men who can read balance sheets cannot write.
~ Henry R. Luce
Anger, if used properly, might be for a cause, like helping feed children or stopping abuse somewhere. When we understand that every quality has importance and value, then we open up to this. Shining a light on these shadow qualities gives it balance.
~ Debbie Ford
Being a dancer is my metaphor for life because you have to know your body. Being a dancer and paying attention to fitness is all about moving in balance.
~ Goldie Hawn
So I've broadened the fitness concept to make it one of moderation and balance.
~ Kenneth H. Cooper
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.
~ Reese Witherspoon
My sisters both are working mothers. I understand that my being an actress as well as being at home isn't some heroic thing. That doesn't mean it isn't confusing or difficult - especially that question of how you find a balance.
~ Jennifer Garner
It is wonderful to contemplate how the planetary forces balance each other so perfectly that universal equilibrium is maintained despite the disturbances of the 1,500 millions which inhabit the Earth alone, not to speak of other spheres.
~ Max Heindel
Environmental policy must strike a balance between the earth's best interests and our citizen's pressing needs.
~ Jim Clyburn
It has been shown that public participation can limit powerful interest groups, while competing interests can help find a reasonable balance between development and environmental protection.
~ Ma Jun
New Zealand needs to balance its environmental responsibilities with its economic opportunities, because the risk is that if you don't do that - and you want to lead the world - then you might end up getting unintended consequences.
~ John Key
We should restore a proper balance in environmental regulation and energy production that is based on common sense, not political agendas.
~ Mac Thornberry
It is economically irrational to exclude large environmental costs from the balance sheets of the producers and the consumers. You are only kidding yourself if you export those costs on to society as a whole.
~ John Holdren
Even in democratic society, we don't have good answers how to balance the need for security on one hand and the protection of free speech on the other in our digital networks.
~ Rebecca Mackinnon
I believe we can, and must, strike a balance between our shared American values of religious liberty and freedom from discrimination. My concerns lie with the possible consequences of politically-driven legislation which claims to promote religious liberty but instead rolls back the legal protections held by LGBT Americans.
~ Gary Johnson
One: balance the budget now, not later. Two: Get Americans jobs by ending illegal immigration and making legal immigration harder. Lastly: Impose term limits.
~ Virgil Goode
If you spend five minutes with me or watch me try to balance my checkbook, you can only imagine the disaster I would make of anyone's legal issues.
~ Greg Giraldo
It is better to lose everything you have to keep the balance of justice level, than to live a life of petty privilege devoid of true freedom.
~ Bryant H. Mcgill
I believe the Patriot Act strikes the right balance needed to protect our freedom and security.
~ Bill Owens
I believe in trying to get a balance between individual freedom on the one hand and social responsibility on the other.
~ Chris Patten
But if you can create an honorable livelihood, where you take your skills and use them and you earn a living from it, it gives you a sense of freedom and allows you to balance your life the way you want.
~ Anita Roddick
To be frank, it sometimes seems that the American idea of freedom has more to do with my freedom to do what I want than your freedom to do what you want. I think that, in Europe, we're probably better at understanding how to balance those competing claims, though not a lot.
~ Douglas Adams
