#balance

We need a balanced, long term energy policy to reduce our dependence on foreign oil and preserve the beauty of the land we love. ↗

— Heather Wilson

#beauty #dependence #energy #energy policy #foreign

We Americans have many grave problems to solve, many threatening evils to fight, and many deeds to do, if, as we hope and believe, we have the wisdom, the strength, and the courage and the virtue to do them. But we must face facts as they are. We must neither surrender ourselves to a foolish optimism, nor succumb to a timid and ignoble pessimism. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

#balance #courage #courage

Living means constantly growing closer to death. Satisfaction only temporarily relieves hunger. Find the balance, and plant your feet. ↗

— Jackie Morse Kessler

#hunger #life #death

Seek peace and pursue it.' ~Psalm 34:14 ↗

— Elizabeth Grace Saunders

#be-true-to-yourself #bible-quotes #inspiration #peace #spirituality

He’d moved toward me again. His hands released mine and moved to my waist, and I noticed I wasn’t the only one breathing heavily. He pulled me to him, bringing our bodies together. The world was all heat and electricity, thick with tension that was only one spark away from exploding around us. I was balancing on another precipice, which wasn’t easy to do in heels. I wrapped my arms around his neck, and this time I was the one who drew him closer. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#baaabies #kissing #making-out #sydney-sage #balance

Your life is a reflection of how effectively you balance potential and kinetic energy. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#balance #dreams #goals #kinetic-energy #life

Maybe if everything was beautiful, nothing would be. People saw one thing, they swooned over it. They saw this other thing, they pounded it with sticks. Maybe there had to be variety for life to work. Swoon over everything, you get bored. Beat everything with a stick-boring. ↗

— Dean Koontz

#beauty #boring #beauty

When we change our thoughts, we will change our experiences. ↗

— Michael Thomas Sunnarborg

#body #inspirational #mind #spirit #business

So…” Kimball looks at his book helplessly. “There’s nothing you can tell me about Paul Owen?” “Well.” I sigh. “He led what I suppose was an orderly life, I guess. “ Really stumped, I offer, “He...ate a balanced diet. ↗

— Bret Easton Ellis

#diet

Songwriting is the other weight on the opposite side of the scale from touring. They balance me out creatively. ↗

— Tommy Shaw

#creatively #me #opposite #other #out