Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Quotes

I think it's important to have as much as a normal life and take the time to get perspective because it only helps your work in the long run.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy - and Jill a wealthy widow.

I don't know that anyone in the United States is taught to rest.

The advice I would give to my younger self is very, very simple: Stop burning the candle at both ends and renew your estranged relationship with sleep. You will be more productive, more effective, more creative, and more likely to enjoy your life.

People often get very entangled in their work and life, so de-stressing is very important to keep generating fresh ideas and provide satisfaction with one's activities.

When you work too much, you are boring - that is possible. But to have a happy life, if you can do several things in the correct way, that is perfect.

Whether you are a stay-at-home mum, or on the red carpet, or in Afghanistan, the better you feel, the better you do your job.

Life is more important than work.

I'm certainly not a workaholic.

Work-life balance is not just a buzzy, self-help term that real business people laugh at. You need it.

At times, you get going and you think you need to work, work, work, and your body is going to get fatigued at some point.

My body works best when I'm playing all the time, so when I work more and I play more, I feel better.

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

If by being overstudious, we impair our health and spoil our good humor, let us give it up.

I'm a big believer in doing what you've got to do, but taking a breather when you can.

A Superwoman isn't a woman who can do anything, but a woman who avoids doing too much.

I don't ever rest. It's a problem and hopefully something I will get a better handle on in the coming years.

We have this cultural obsession with work and productivity as if we're better people if we don't stop and take some time for ourselves.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. But all play and no work makes him something worse.

I have fun when I want to have fun, but I am learning how to balance my life out.

Keeing busy" is the remedy for all the ills in America. It's also the means by which the creative impulse is destroyed.

I feel overworked, but when I don't work, I feel weird.

Take it easy, but take it.

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 tell my staff, 'Give me your best, and then go home and live your life.' I've never asked anyone to work harder, but I've told plenty that they needed rest.