Roxane Gay Quotes

We humans have lost the wisdom of genuinely resting and relaxing. We worry too much. We don't allow our bodies to heal, and we don't allow our minds and hearts to heal.

I still find it almost impossible to relax for more than one day at a time.

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!

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

Men, in whatever anxiety they may be, if they are men, sometimes indulge in relaxation.

My personal problem is that I take the business of film-making so seriously that I find it very difficult to relax.

Pace yourself, pace yourself, pace yourself. And take time to rest. I guess if you don't rest and rejuvenate, then you harden, and I don't want to harden.

Resting for me is fitness training.

The time to relax is when you don't have time for it.

I think it's important to relax in general. I don't try to save up my relaxing for one month period of the year; it's kind of a daily practice that I've tried to remain aware of.

It's very challenging to get the right balance between relaxing and working.

It is very important to take a break and feel fresh, which we Indian cricketers don't get much of, so we are not used to it.

I have a very full and busy life and occasionally I am asked, Scotty, how can you do all that you do? The most telling reply I can give is: Because I spend at least two hours a day doing nothing.

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

Think not, is my eleventh commandment; and sleep when you can, is my twelfth.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

I relax completely when I'm at rest. I don't think of numbers; I don't think of work.

Somebody said the key to life is to work hard, play hard, rest hard, and I've pretty much adopted that.

I've realized, you know, having turned 40, that rest is just as important as work. In fact, it's equally as important.

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.