Tan Cheng Bock Quotes

Put off thy cares with thy clothes; so shall thy rest strengthen thy labor, and so thy labor sweeten thy rest.

Every season, we spend what really should be our hiatus, and what really should be me relaxing on a beach, planning out the whole season.

If someone said I had enough money and I could take six months off, I would run in an instant.

I like time off. I'm not a workaholic.

It's nice when I have days off to go home and relax and literally take the weight off my shoulders and enjoy the simple things.

I am a career physician. I practiced for 32 years before I began my career as a public servant.

As much as we adore what we do and we're eternally grateful, everyone needs a break sometimes. Everyone needs a few days just to breathe.

I've been working so hard that I'm exhausted... I feel I won't be able to do without a few weeks' rest, so I'm going off to see the sea.

People who work hard often work too hard. ... May we learn to honor the hammock, the siesta, the nap and the pause in all its forms.

Bowmen bend their bows when they wish to shoot: unbrace them when the shooting is over. Were they kept always strung they would break and fail the archer in time of need. So it is with men. If they give themselves constantly to serious work, and never indulge awhile in pastime or sport, they lose their senses and become mad.

I'm a bit tired of so much football, so much football. I want to enjoy my family a bit. I'm very keen to stop and get a bit of calm.

Most of us work so hard and live so hard. On the first day of the holiday I remain in work gear, it can take me some time to slow down and all that time I'm missing the serendipity of the wonderful things that are all around us.

A few years back, I had this urge to be on the go all the time. It's important to find a balance, though. Now my motto is, do the work, but recharge, too!

The sole purpose of the bedroom is to melt away any stressors.

I spent 10 days on the beach and slept pretty much all day, every day. It was the perfect place to have a rest.

It's good to reflect on life and take a step back and sit and relax and do something else.

Whenever we have some time to ourselves I prefer to go back to my room and hit the bed. Even while travelling on a bus, I put on my sleeping hood and take a nap.

Workin' so hard every night and day and now we get to lay back.

Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths, or the turning inwards in prayer for five short minutes.

There are times when the most practical thing is to lie down.

My golden time is after I drop the kids off at school. I'm usually working on my website (lifestyle site Goop) and checking emails but I try to do something at least once a week - like a facial or a visit to the osteopath - something to bring myself back into my body.

If I cannot rest and relax, all the work I do is for naught.

I'm so busy during my everyday, when I go on vacation I need to pull the plug like they say, and to do nothing.

I find medicine is the best of all trades because whether you do any good or not you still. Get your money.

Rest is by no means a waste of time.