#balance

The day when a sportsman stops thinking above all else of the happiness in his own effort and the intoxication of the power and physical balance he derives from it, the day when he lets considerations of vanity or interest take over, on this day his ideal will die. ↗

— Pierre de Coubertin

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Idealistic reformers are dangerous because their idealism has no roots in love, but is simply a hysterical and unbalanced rage for order amidst their own chaos. ↗

— William Irwin Thompson

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And, sure, if you have a political point of view, you have every right to share it. But you have to be careful not to get too self-important. You have to find the balance between being entertaining and being preachy. ↗

— Patrick Dempsey

#be careful #being #between #careful #entertaining

We all learn in school that the judicial, legislative and executive branches of government must check and balance each other. But other non state institutions must participate in this important system of checks and balances as well. These checking institutions include the academy, the media, religious institutions and NGOs. ↗

— Alan Dershowitz

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Diplomacy means all the wicked devices of the Old World, spheres of influence, balances of power, secret treaties, triple alliances, and, during the interim period, appeasement of Fascism. ↗

— Barbara Tuchman

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I have never counted on someone to take care of my emotions for me. ↗

— Mary Mihalic

#centered #emotions #faith #love #motivation

The most effective check and balance on government has been an independent press which maintains its credibility by ensuring that its criticism is balanced and based on fact - based indeed on solid journalistic work. ↗

— Malcolm Turnbull

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It's hard to balance everything. It's always challenging. ↗

— Vera Wang

#balance #challenging #everything #hard

You know, it's a different world now, but to skip ahead and really answer your question, only in the last five years did I find what I call holy maturity, finding the balance, finding the right person in my life so that I could live a normal life. ↗

— Burt Ward

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A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life. ↗

— William Arthur Ward

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