Quotes about Balance
ceasing to live the life of prayer the life of the spirit begins to fail, then those worldly things which are intended to be useful become hurtful and destructive.
— Sadhu Sundar Singh
Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.
— St. Augustine
Let those who think I have said too little and those who think I have said too much, forgive me and let those who think I have said just enough thank God with me.
— St. Augustine
Nothing is so powerful as gentleness nothing is so gentle as true strength.
— Francis de Sales
Perfection of moral virtue does not wholly take away the passions, but regulates them.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
Rarely affirm, seldom deny, always distinguish.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
He that will enjoy the brightness of sunshine, must quit the coolness of the shade.
— Samuel Johnson
Wine gives great pleasure; and every pleasure is of itself a good. It is a good, unless counterbalanced by evil.
— Samuel Johnson
Prudence is an attitude that keeps life safe, but does not often make it happy.
— Samuel Johnson
Moderation is commonly firm, and firmness is commonly successful.
— Samuel Johnson
Its proper use is to amuse the idle, and relax the studious, and dilute the full meals of those who cannot use exercise, and will not use abstinence.
— Samuel Johnson
The true, strong, and sound mind is the mind that can embrace equally great things and small.
— Samuel Johnson