Balancing your work life and your personal life is difficult. So many of us are trying to juggle heavy workloads, family responsibilities, friends, and personal interests. So it’s no surprise that 55% of Americans experience stress during “a lot of the day.” Work-life balance is at the heart of that stress.
We compiled a list of 30 insightful work-life balance quotes. The biggest theme among these quotes is the importance of finding time for YOU. So find a little time to read these work-life balance quotes and reflect on your work-life balance. If you enjoy these quotes, check out our retirement quotes.
Work-Life Balance Quotes
“You don’t have to make yourself miserable to be successful. It’s natural to look back and mythologize the long nights and manic moments of genius, but success isn’t about working hard, it’s about working smart.” – Andrew Wilkinson, founder of MetaLab
“You will never feel truly satisfied by work until you are satisfied by life.” – Heather Schuck, author
“Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling some five balls in the air. You name them — work, family, health, friends and spirit and you’re keeping all of these in the air. You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. But the other four balls — family, health, friends, and spirit — are made of glass. If you drop one of these, they will be irrevocably scuffed, marked, nicked, damaged, or even shattered. They will never be the same. You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.” – Brian Dyson, former vice chairman and COO of Coca-Cola
“So find your rhythm, understand what makes you resentful, and protect it. You can’t have everything you want, but you can have the things that really matter to you. And thinking that way empowers you to work really hard for a really long period of time.” – Marissa Mayer, president and CEO of Yahoo
“Women in particular need to keep an eye on their physical and mental health, because if we’re scurrying to and from appointments and errands, we don’t have a lot of time to take care of ourselves. We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own ‘to do’ list.” – First Lady Michelle Obama
“Don’t confuse having a career with having a life.” – Hillary Clinton
“You have to balance your passions, not your time.” – Lisa Sugar, founder of PopSugar
“You will never find time for anything. If you want time, you must make it.” – Charles Buxton, English philanthropist, writer
“Always take some of the play, fun, freedom, and wonder of the weekend into your week and your work.” – Rasheed Ogunlaru, life coach
“You’re probably wondering what I mean by ‘The Pillars of Your Life,’ right? Well this is simple. It’s the things that make your life what it is. The things or people that make you, you. There’s work, family, your hobby, your art, and your traditions. Except some of us have wonky pillars. Some of us give one pillar too much to hold, and the others not enough. One’s too tall, whilst the others are too small. Therefore, we become unstable, and sometimes everything comes crashing down.” – S.R. Crawford, author
“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, co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Huffington Post
“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
“Never get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life.” – Dolly Parton
“The key is in not spending time, but in investing it.” – Stephen R. Covey, author
“The bad news is time flies. The good news is you’re the pilot.” – Michael Altshuler, motivational speaker and sales consultant
“You can have it all. You just can’t have it all at once.” – Oprah Winfrey
“The question of work-life balance is without question one of the most significant struggles faced by modern man.” – Stephen Covey
“You can’t do a good job if your job is all you do” – Katie Thurmes
“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
“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
“Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection is demoralizing.” – Harriet Braiker
“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
“A ‘good job’ can be both practically attractive while still not good enough to devote your entire life to.” – Alain de Botton
“The modern work world requires tremendous flexibility. Anticipate working in different positions and different organizations. Expect startups, disruptive innovation, reorganizations and moving on to new adventures. Grow and change.” – Jennifer Ritchie Payette
“Take care of yourself: When you don’t sleep, eat crap, don’t exercise, and are living off adrenaline for too long, your performance suffers. Your decisions suffer. Your company suffers. Love those close to you: Failure of your company is not failure in life. Failure in your relationship is.” – Ev Williams, co-founder of Medium and Twitter
“No matter how busy you are, or how busy you think you are, the work will always be there tomorrow, but your friends might not be.” – Anonymous
“It is better to rise from life as from a banquet – neither thirsty nor drunken.” – Aristotle
“Balance activity with serenity, wealth and simplicity, persistence with innovation, community with solitude, familiarity with adventure, constancy with change, leading with following.” – Jonathan Lockwood Huie
“Balance is not better time management, but better boundary management. Balance means making choices and enjoying those choices.” – Betsy Jacobson
“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
Final Thoughts on Work-Life Balance
Like Stephen Covey said, establishing work-life balance “is without question one of the most significant struggles faced by modern man.” That struggle can lead to a lot of stress. We hope these quotes bring you one step closer to managing that stress.
Another huge source of stress is financial stress. One of the best ways to combat financial stress is establishing passive income. One of the most effective passive income strategies is dividend investing. Many people live off of dividend income and you can too.
Good investing,
Peter
