150+ BALANCE QUOTES TO INSPIRE YOU LOVE, WORK, AND LIFE

Looking for inspirational quotes on finding the right balance in life? We have rounded up the best collection of balance quotes, sayings, captions, status. (with images and pictures) to encourage you to maintain equilibrium in all aspects of life.

POSITIVE BALANCE QUOTES

“Balance. The Ultimate Goal.”- Ricky Lankford
“Extremes are easy. Strive for balance.” — Colin Wright
“Everything in life… has to have balance.” — Donna Karan
“Life is a balance between holding on and letting go.” – Rumi
“Balance isn’t something you achieve “someday”.” – Nick Vujicic
“Moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.” – Epicurus
“Live a life that is well balanced; don’t do things in excess.” – Daniel Smith
“Balance is not something you find, it’s something you create.” – Jana Kingsford
“The secret to life is finding the right balance to everything you do…” – Unknown
“It is not the weight of things that matters. It is all about our balance within.” – Unknown
“Work, love and play are the great balance wheels of man’s being.” – Orison Swett Marden
“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” — Albert Einstein
“Achieve balance through the combined conscious states of the heart and mind.” – Steven Redhead
“There is no such thing as work-life balance – it is all life. The balance has to be within you.” – Sadhguru
“Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance and order and rhythm and harmony.” – Thomas Merton
“We come into this world head first and go out feet first; in between, it is all a matter of balance.” – Paul Boese
“Live a life that is well balanced; don’t do things in excess.” – Daniel Smith, Banned Subconscious Mind Secrets
“The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty.” – Zig Ziglar
“The calm and balanced mind is the strong and great mind; the hurried and agitated mind is the weak one.” – Wallace D.
“Balance is key, without balance there’s conflict , a battle between positivity and negativity.” – Brian Benjamin Sotomayor
“A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your step as you walk the tightrope of life.” – William A Ward
“Happiness depends on how you balance your life’s equations between positive and negative experiences and attitudes.” –Kall
“Balance your thoughts with action. If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you’ll never get it done.” – Bruce Lee
“A good relationship requires Balance. Two people who equal other out and are there for each other no matter what.” – Unknown
“Time and balance the two most difficult things to have control over, yet they are both the things that we do control.” – Catherine Pulsifer
“You need a balance in life between dealing with what’s going on inside and not being so absorbed in yourself that it takes over.” – Nigella Lawson
“Balance is the key to everything. What we do, think, say, eat, feel, they all require awareness and through this awareness we can grow.” – Koi Fresco
“So divinely is the world organized that every one of us, in our place and time, is in balance with everything else.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Life is about balance. Be kind, but don’t let people abuse you. Trust, but don’t be deceived. Be content, but never stop improving yourself.” – Unknown
“Balance is not better time management, but better boundary management. Balance means making choices and enjoying those choices.” – Betsy Jacobson
“Nature is about balance. All the world comes in pairs – Yin and Yang, right and wrong, men and women; what’s pleasure without pain?” – Angelina Jolie
“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
“Joy lifts us up into the heavens, while grief pulls us down into the earth, and in this way they both help us maintain our emotional balance.” – Jessica Moore
“Be aware of wonder. Live a balanced life – learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some.” – Robert Fulgham
“But you do have choices about how you spend your time. Balancing what you need to do with what you want to do can lead to happiness and success.” – Stephen Hall
“Fortunate, indeed, is the man who takes exactly the right measure of himself and holds a just balance between what he can acquire and what he can use.” – Peter Latham
“Self-esteem is a matter of balance. Too much can tip over into haughtiness, arrogance, and the inability to admit when we have gone wrong.” – Alan Schmidt, Confidence
“He felt that there is a loose balance of good and evil, and that the art of living consists in getting the greatest good out of the greatest evil.” – Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis
“In all aspects of our lives balance is key. Doing one thing too much can cause upset, like the old saying goes, everything in moderation is the secret!” – Catherine Pulsifer, Balance of Life
“The best and safest thing is to keep a balance in your life, acknowledge the great powers around us and in us. If you can do that, and live that way, you are really a wise man.” – Euripides
“Self-care is, fundamentally, about bringing balance back to a life that has grown imbalanced from too many commitments or responsibilities.” – Robyn L. Gobin, The self-care prescription
“Balance is a feeling derived from being whole and complete; it’s a sense of harmony. It is essential to maintaining quality in life and work.” – Joshua Osenga, 12 years a Cubicle Slave
“Pursuing your goal is in a sense, fired by internal motivation. Hence, you need a source of external motivation to keep things in balance.” – Ben Robinson, How To Become And Stay Motivated
“We need to introduce a little balance into your life. Part of this balance means not missing out on some of the marvels of life around you, the fun, some excitement, or other challenges in life.” – Catherine Pulsifer
“Too much of one thing can end up creating stress; this is something that no one needs in their life. But living a life in balance can provide harmony and peace.” – Catherine Pulsifer, Birthday Wishes For A Best Friend
“Understand that building self-confidence is all about striking a balance in your life. The right amount of confidence can help a great deal in achieving what you want.” – Angel Graff, Self Esteem: Self Confidence
“The more often you decline invitations to spend time with friends or family because you are too busy with either work or other activities, the more you should realize that your life is not in balance.” – Byron Pulsifer, Balanced Life

INSPIRATIONAL WORK LIFE BALANCE QUOTES

“What I dream of is an art of balance.” – Henri Matisse
“Next to love, balance is the most important thing.” – John Wooden
“Don’t work so hard that you forget to enjoy your life.” – Akiroq Brost
“Don’t get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life.” – Dolly Parton
“I see a world on the edge of a blade. Without balance, it will fall.” – Victoria Aveyard
“Balancing goals with inner peace is hard to achieve, but worth pursuing.” – Trupti Patil
“Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can.” – Donny Kaye
“We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own ‘to do’ list.” – Michelle Obama
“I’ve learned that you can’t have everything and do everything at the same time.” – Oprah Winfrey
“When in doubt, choose the kids. There will be plenty of time later to choose work.” – Anna Quindlen
“The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.” – Stephen R. Covey
“I have the feeling that in a balanced life one should die penniless. The trick is dismantling.” – Art Garfunkel
“It’s all about quality of life and finding a happy balance between work and friends and family.” — Philip Green
“Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important.” — Stephen R. Covey
“You will never feel truly satisfied by work until you are satisfied by life.” — Heather Schuck, ‘The Working Mom Manifesto’, 2013
“If we are stressed out, we won’t be ‘joyful mothers of children.’ Balance is key.” – Katherine Leigh, 3 Weeks to an Organized Homeschool
“A good method of juggling different tasks is to always balance the short and long term tasks.” – Gretchen Pilar, Overcoming Laziness
“Problems arise in that one has to find a balance between what people need from you and what you need for yourself.” – Jessye Norman
“There’s no such thing as work-life balance. There are work-life choices, and you make them, and they have consequences.” – Jack Welch
“We can be sure that the greatest hope for maintaining equilibrium in the face of any situation rests within ourselves.” – Francis J. Braceland
“So divinely is the world organized that every one of us, in our place and time, is in balance with everything else.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Rest and self-care are so important. When you take time to replenish your spirit, it allows you to serve others from the overflow.” – Eleanor Brownn
“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
“I’m not suggesting you deny or suppress your emotions, but just discover for yourself what it takes for you to handle your emotions and stay balanced.” – Wendy Hearn
“Wisdom is your perspective on life, your sense of balance, your understanding of how the various parts and principles apply and relate to each other.” – Steven R. Covey
“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
“The critical part of a balance in life is choosing priorities. If you are trying to balance a family and a career, the choices are complex because both are important.” – Byron Pulsifer
“As parents we often struggle with balancing our desire to make our children happy and setting boundaries.” – Ellen Trump, Frugal Kids: Teach Your Kids To Save, Invest and Spend Wisely
“It’s not about balance, it’s about designing a work-home-family life that makes you feel good. A life you don’t need a vacation from.” – Jacqueline Fisch, Unfussy Mom: simplifying your life
“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
“There is no limit to what great and beautiful things the human being can create with the power of a balanced mind that is open to the inspiration of GOD.” – Paul Odafe Akpomukai, Life without Stress and Pain
“I believe that being successful means having a balance of success stories across the many areas of your life. You can’t truly be considered successful in your business life if your home life is in shambles.” – Zig Ziglar
“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
“Work-life balance, work-life effectiveness, personal and professional satisfaction—or whatever you choose to call it—is not an entitlement or benefit. Your company cannot give it to you. You have to create it for yourself.” – Matthew Kelly
“The consistency in your person from home to work is vitally important so that you are in total balance at all times. Being out of balance means that your true self will start to be confused with what you pretend to be.” – Catherine Pulsifer
“The workplace today is very demanding, and you really can’t have your life as a working mom the way it was before baby. So work-life balance for you should be about trade-offs at one time or the other.” – Grace Essen, Successful Working Mom
“The response through relaxation puts a stop to the overwhelming state of eagerness and brings our body, along with mind into a state of balance. Nervous systems can be brought.” – Mike Mitchell, Mindfulness: Mindfulness For Anxiety Relief
“While it is important to love others unselfishly, it is crucial to find a balance. When we compromise our needs and martyr ourselves to the point of depleting ourselves and neglecting our needs, we become out of balance.” – Jessica Minty, Codependency: Self Confidence
“One of the major issues plaguing human potential in the corporate world today is work-life balance. The term itself diminishes our ability to make the case that work can be a richly rewarding part of a person’s life and should in many ways be personal.” – Matthew Kelly, Off Balance
“… having a healthy balance is what I strive for, and I can say with confidence that I have been successfully working toward it. It’s been a bit of a rocky road, but without those challenging times, I wouldn’t have been able to learn from it and improve.” – Apryl Zarate Schlueter, Finding Success in Balance
“What most people don’t realize is that marriage is a union of not only to people in regard to the ceremony, the tradition, but also the legality of being married, but also interacting with this other human being in a way that is going to bring balance to both of your lives.” – Cathy Pearson, How To Keep Your Man, And Be His ‘One And Only’

FINDING BALANCE QUOTES

“Perfectly balanced, as all things should be.” – Thanos (Avengers)
“Find balance in life.” ― Unknown
“Self-care is how you take your power back.” ― Lalah Delia
“Be moderate in order to taste the joys of life in abundance.” – Epicurus
“Guide me into wholeness, harmony and balance.” – Psalm 70 (Bible Verses)
“The key to finding a happy balance in modern life is simplicity.” – Unknown
“Balance is the perfect state of still water. Let that be our model.” – Confucius
“The goal is serenity. Balance. Truly finding peace in your own skin.” – Rachel Brathen
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” – Mahatma Gandhi
“Nature does not take sides, it is just maintaining or restoring the balance.” ― Mihail Militaru
“Faith gives you an inner strength and a sense of balance and perspective in life.” — Gregory Peck
“They are sick that surfeit with too much, as they that starve with nothing.” – William Shakespeare
“It takes balanced life and a firm trust in God to ride the waves of life.” – Martin Uzochukwu Ugwu
“Man maintains his balance, poise, and sense of security only as he is moving forward.” – Maxwell Maltz
“There is no decision that we can make that doesn’t come with some sort of balance or sacrifice.” — Simon Sinek
“Be steady and well-ordered in your life so that you can be fierce and original in your work.” — Gustave Flaubert
“Anything that’s too much turns adverse. Shift your traits to their neutrality and they become your power.” — Alyaa Sadek
“To know your purpose is to live a life of direction, and in that direction is found peace and tranquility.” — Byron Pulsifer
“When we focus on our blessings it creates an appreciative heart and adds a strong sense of balance to our lives.” – Senora Roy
“The Universe is about maintaining balance, not fairness. It is by means of balance that true fairness exists in the Universe.” – Unknown
“Some days you have salads and go to the gym, some days you eat cupcakes and refuse to put on pants. It’s called balance.” – Unknown
“Women need real moments of solitude and self-reflection to balance out how much of ourselves we give away.” — Barbara De Angelis
“Life is a balance between what we can control and what we cannot. I am learning to live between e
ffort and surrender.” – Danielle Orner
“Justice is balance in human affairs. Balance is wider than justice, since it includes justice and more than justice.” — Orlando Jay Smith
“It’s always about finding the right balance between answering some questions and raising new ones to keep your story going.” – Oren Peli
“Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind; it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle.” — Helen Keller
“Examples of balance can be found everywhere, even in those places where you least expect them.” – Dr. Patrizia Collard, The Mindfulness Bible
“Create a healthy balance, it’s no different than indulging in some cake here and there. Moderation, moderation, moderation!” – Curt Hinson
“Always having to find a balance between the amount of social contact you need to be happy and the amount that makes you stressed out.” – Unknown
“When I am in balance with the vibration of the sun, the moon, the stars and the planets I am ultimately connected to the Universe.” – Debbie A. Anderson
“I balanced all, brought all to mind, The years to come seemed waste of breath, A waste of breath the years behind In balance with this life, this death.” – W.B. Yeats
“In addition to helping me feel better, healthier and more balanced, psychotherapy brought some unforeseen extra perks I would have never expected.” – Andrew Carley, Know ThySelf
“Life is all about balance. You don’t always need to be getting stuff done. Sometimes it’s perfectly okay, and absolutely necessary, to shut down, kick back, and do nothing.” – Lori Deschene
“At the same time, the work of cultivating mindfulness is also play. It is far too serious to take too seriously — and I say this in all seriousness!” – John Kabat-Zinn, Mindfulness For Beginners
“Sometimes in our relationship to another human being the proper balance of friendship is restored when we put a few grains of impropriety onto our own side of the scale.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
“Our lives are a mixture of different roles. Most of us are doing the best we can to find whatever the right balance is . . . For me, that balance is family, work, and service.” – Hillary Rodham Clinton
“The Buddha taught that we’re not actually in control, which is a pretty scary idea. But when you let things be as they are, you will be much happier, more balanced, compassionate person.” – Pema Chodron
“Spiritual balance is the principle that allows the mind to be still. You cannot expect the world to settle down, everything to work out, in order for you to be happy. You have to get control of your mind.” – Frederick Lenz
“Take some time to learn which opinions you need to value and which ones you simply need to stop listening to. Once you find the balance, you are one step closer to finding that confidence that you long for.” – Frankie Robinson
“Imagine what it would mean if you added positive levels of loyalty, communication, play, forgiveness, unconditional love, a positive attitude, and balance in your life!” – Garry McDaniel, The Dog’s Guide to Your Happiness
“Your beliefs should knock the scale way off balance leaning to the side of love. If the other side is weighed down with worry, guilt, shame, anger or frustration, choose right now to change that!” – Debbie Dixon, Over The Rainbow
“The problem is that technology has become an extra limb for some of us. It’s important to utilize this technology, but at the same time it’s important to know when to take a break from it.” – Alex Broches, Start Living…Now!
“A wise woman recognizes when her life is out of balance and summons the courage to act to correct it, she knows the meaning of true generosity, happiness is the reward for a life lived in harmony, with a courage and grace.” – Suze Orman
“Through substitute activities, therapy, and hard work, grieving individuals can work through their anger and progress to live more balanced lives.” – Valerie Orr, Picking Up the Pieces: Learning to Live Through Grief After the Loss of a Loved One
“The hero is a mind of such balance that no disturbances can shake his will, but pleasantly, and, as it were, merrily, he advances to his own music, alike in frightful alarms and in the tipsy mirth of universal dissoluteness.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Balance doesn’t mean that you both agree to do things that you hate, or give up things that you love, so that you can co-exist. It means that, while there is always some give and take, achieving balance should not require huge foundational trade-offs.” – Unknown
“You wonder if it is truly possible to enjoy a life where you can ‘Play Longer.’ You wonder if the rat race our society seems to be in is all that there is, and would love to find another way to enjoy life with your family and friends.” – Tara Ross, Work Smarter, Play Longer
“As time progresses, increase the amount of time spent for self-improvement, and less time on the mental junk food. Create a healthy balance, it’s no different than indulging in some cake here and there. Moderation, moderation, moderation!” – Curt Hinson, Sleeping Giant No More
“Getting in balance is not so much about adopting new strategies to change your behaviors, as it is about realigning yourself in all of your thoughts so as to create a balance between what you desire and how you conduct your life on a daily basis.” – Wayne Dyer, Being in Balance
“Like with anything in life, find the balance between too much work and being too lazy; between spending too much and being a scrooge; between being gone all the time and being in each other’s way; between talking each other’s ears off and dead silence.” – Christian Olsen, Marriage Tips
“Balancing on a rope requires skill, steady feet, a steady mind and a sense of weight control. As you can see, the act of balancing consists of several things. Some of these things may be small but at the same time necessary to put the act together. A lot of people find it hard to balance work.” – Unknown
“However, it is one thing to be consumed by your future financial goals, and another thing to be making progress and enjoying the process with a more balanced life by doing what brings you joy.” – Maggie Thompson, Codepency: You’re Codependent – How To Stop Worrying and Love Yourself

BALANCE QUOTES ABOUT YOGA AND ZEN

“The body benefits from movement and the mind benefits from stillness.” – Sakyong Mipham
“Yoga is about rising to a new level of balance and competence in all aspects of life.” – Sadhguru
“Moderate activity can return us to fitness and continuous training will bring all the forces back in balance.” – Lorena Katz, Productivity: How To Be Productive
“It’s also important to give attention to your health and hygiene. Keep yourself healthy by exercising, eating a balanced diet, and sleeping right.” – Kathleen Rao, Self-Confidence
“In movement there is balance. In balance there is movement. Yoga is all about balance. Within and without. Above, below. Front, behind. Male, female. In, out.” – Mark Whitwell
“One reason I practice meditation is to maintain my own balance and clarity of mind in the face of such huge challenges, and to be able to stay more or less on course through all the weather changes that, as a parent, I encounter day in and day out on this journey.” – Myla and Jon Kabat-Zinn, Everyday Blessings