Quotes about Balance
The greatness of our God lies in the fact that [He] is both tough minded and tender hearted.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Never give a sword to a man who can't dance.
— Confucius
Child, you have to learn to see things in the right proportions. Learn to see great things great and small things small.
— Corrie Ten Boom
You can set yourself up to be sick, or you can choose to stay well.
— Wayne Dyer
Absolute freedom mocks at justice. Absolute justice denies freedom.
— Albert Camus
A principle is the expression of perfection, and as imperfect beings like us cannot practise perfection, we devise every moment limits of its compromise in practice.
— Mahatma Gandhi
We have been moving along at such a fast pace that we no longer know what we are doing. Now we have to wait until our soul catches up with us.
— Paulo Coelho
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
Whether zeal or moderation be the point we aim at, let us keep fire out of the one, and frost out of the other.
— Joseph Addison
What are the proper proportions of a maxim? A minimum of sound to a maximum of sense.
— Mark Twain
Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
He who praises everybody, praises nobody.
— Samuel Johnson