Keep Your Batteries Charged
Inspirational quotes about keeping balance in life while pursuing an online degree.
Words of wisdom on keeping balance in life while working on your online degree.
Remember those Southwest Airline commercials a few years back that featured people in awkward and embarrassing moments?
There was one where a rapper on stage in a concert says, "Thank you, Detroit!"
The crowd goes silent, and a fellow band member says, "Detroit was last night."
And then there's the punch line, "Wanna Get Away?"
Embarrassing moments aside, we all long for time away from our frenzied routine of work, family responsibilities, and school. We romanticize about vacations. Plan for them. Save for them. We crave those precious pockets of time when we can focus on family and friends and re-energize our inner beings.
Yet, an annual survey conducted by online travel giant Expedia.com called the "Vacation Deprivation" survey indicates otherwise.
The Truth About Vacation Time
According to the survey, Americans take less than half the vacation time of Europeans. In fact, even though Americans earn a moderate to low amount of vacation days, we still leave an average of 3 days unused each year.
And then when we actually do take time off, do we really disengage? Technology makes it so easy to stay connected to email, the office, or school.
Following are a few inspirational reminders about the importance of taking time to maintain balance in life.
"If you neglect to recharge a battery, it dies. And if you run full-speed ahead without stopping for water, you lose momentum to finish the race."
— Oprah Winfrey
"If this is empty (your heart), this doesn't matter (your head)."
— Jerry Maguire
"He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much."
— Bessie Anderson Stanley
"I believe that being successful means having a balance of success stories across the many areas of your life.
— Zig Ziglar
"And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."
— Abraham Lincoln
"I think for a lot of women that I talk with – and I'll say for myself, too – that sometimes we need to let the pressure off a little bit… sometimes you need to just let up and say, you know, I'm going to do the best that I can possibly do on any given day… it's a marathon; it's not a sprint."
— Melinda Gates
"Life is indeed beautiful. It's times when we sink into our hectic and stressful lifestyles when we get blinded and fail to see what we have."
— Unknown
"As you walk down the fairway of life, you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round."
— Ben Hogan
"You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection."
— Buddha
"Letting go of a task is a valid option. You may as well start practicing it now, because there is always more work to be done than one person or family can humanly accomplish."
– Amy Tiemann, "Mojo Mom"
"Imagine life is a game in which you are juggling five balls. The balls are called work, family, health, friends, and integrity. And you're keeping all of them in the air. But one day you finally come to understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. The other four balls are made of glass. If you drop one of these, it will be irrevocably scuffed, nicked, perhaps even shattered. And once you truly understand the lesson of the five balls, you will have the beginnings of balance in your life."
— James Patterson
"The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities."
— Stephen Covey
"There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven."
— Ecclesiastes 3:1
"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
What are your priorities? And how do you keep balance in your life? Share in the comments.
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