Quotes about Balance
There can be no very black misery to him who lives in the midst of Nature and has his senses still.
— Henry David Thoreau
My life has been the poem I would have writ, But I could not both live and utter it.
— Henry David Thoreau
Truth is always in harmony with herself, and is not concerned chiefly to reveal the justice that may consist with wrong-doing.
— Henry David Thoreau
I think that I cannot preserve my health and spirits, unless I spend four hours a day at least — and it is commonly more than that — sauntering through the woods and over the hills and fields, absolutely free from all worldly engagements.
— Henry David Thoreau
'Tis healthy to be sick sometimes.
— Henry David Thoreau
Good for the body is the work of the body, and good for the soul is the work of the soul, and good for either is the work of the other.
— Henry David Thoreau
I do not believe a man can ever leave his business. He ought to think of it by day and dream of it by night.
— Henry Ford
Givers have to set limits because takers rarely do.
— Henry Ford
That the Devil finds work for idle hands to do is probably true. But there is a profound difference between leisure and idleness.
— Henry Ford
Keep your blood clean, your body lean, and your mind sharp.
— Henry Rollins
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. Work is healthy; you can hardly put more upon a man than he can bear. Worry is the rust upon the blade. It is not the revolution which destroys the machinery but the friction. Fear secretes acids; but love and trust are sweet juices
— Henry Ward Beecher