Margaret J. Wheatley Quotes

I'm in production year round. I work long hours. I have a dog and a wife. There's not a lot of available time for consuming any culture: T.V., movies, books. When I read, it's generally magazines, newspapers and web sites.

My peers and colleagues inspire me.

In my job, I have many operations, so I tend to use time in my car to think. I get in the car after work and drive all night -11 hours, Vancouver to Banff.

When I worked with Jamie Lee Curtis in 'True Lies', she told me, You need a plan B, because when you have six months to a year off, you can go nuts. You need to have another focus.

The balancing act of motherhood and a career, and being a wife, is something that I don't think I'll ever perfect, but I love the challenge of it.

A lot of stuff happens daily when you're running a company like Subway. If you get too happy about some things or too unhappy about others, you get worn out. It's best if you can pace yourself a little bit more.

Some teachers feel that if they ask for emotional help, they're a failure. But teaching is a team sport.

You feel different every day of your life. You just have to create your own space to survive, personally and professionally.

From offstage until the moment I walk onstage, I constantly tweak my talk show and 'Top Model', but at the same time, I often leave my private life by the wayside.

In a lot of work places, you work at a lot of jobs and people work more with their colleagues than with their family.

You need to have a great support around you, people that empathise, understand and yet support, because these CEO jobs are all-consuming.

We have seen that two heads are better than one when dealing with a mental health problem.

As women, we're trying to be the best mothers and partners and have careers. We're trying to do so much. It's okay to say to other women, 'How do you do this?' Because I honestly don't know. The more we are honest, the more you realize we're all just trying to figure this out.

It's important to know when we need to stop, reflect, and receive. In our competitive world, that might be called a waste of time.

Long week. Long month. Long life.

Take a rest and the world catches up with you. Lesson in life--keep moving.

I am always on the go; being a photographer, filmmaker, author and a father, things become stressful, and it is important to find time to escape for a few minutes.

Keeping an active mind has been vital to my survival, as has been maintaining a sense of humor.

Over the years, I've learnt how to strike a balance between both my lives and give quality time to my passion as well as to my family. Yes, it is tiring at times, and every working woman goes through the phase.

People who cannot find time for recreation are obliged sooner or later to find time for illness.

I've always been able to let stuff go when I'm done with work.

We stitch together our days and edit out our nights.

I need more personal time and, given my extensive work in health care, I want to pursue that interest further.

People are too durable, that's their main trouble. They can do too much to themselves, they last too long.

In college, everything's structured. In the NBA, it's like, you have a lot of free time, and you have to use it wisely. A lot of the time, you're in a hotel room all day. And rest is really the most important thing. Then, just trying to enjoy yourself and have fun.