Dolores O'Riordan Quotes

I think it's important to take a break, you know, from the public eye for a while, and give people a chance to miss you. I want longevity. I don't want to get out there and run myself ragged and spread myself thin.

Nobody's life is ever all balanced. It's a conscious decision to choose your priorities every day.

Make space in your life for the things that matter, for family and friends, love and generosity, fun and joy. Without this, you will burn out in mid-career and wonder where your life went.

I've gotten my personal life all the way intact and made sure that it's straight. Without that, you have no foundation. Your building is going to crumble.

I can't take days off and play like I did last night. Maybe some people can, but I can't.

I learned early that you only have so much energy to give. You have to spend it correctly.

It's all right letting yourself go, as long as you can get yourself back.

I don't think it's shameful to admit that some days your time can be better spent reading than writing.

I realized that health is the most important thing and that all the other things come with time if you are devoted enough.

Jail was a result of me not taking time for myself. So I was forced to take some time for myself.

You need a balance in life between dealing with what's going on inside and not being so absorbed in yourself that it takes over.

I totally support women working on their relationships, their careers, or whatever they need to do to be healthy moms, but it's also important to realize you may not have as much time as you think.

Life is about balance, and we all have to make the effort in areas that we can to enable us to make a difference.

It's all about how can you take care of yourself when furthering your life's goals and ambitions, and purpose and whatever you choose - family, career - to maintain a really balanced, whole, healthy outlook.

I'm shooting for longevity. The road is hard on your body.

Burnout is a way of telling you that your form of activism was perhaps not very full circle.

Am I a workaholic? Yes, but I also have no problem taking time for myself.

Procrastination is your body telling you you need to back off a bit and think more about what you are doing.

When you're a working actor and you're happy to be one, you can't focus all your energy on acting because you will go crazy. You have to focus as much energy as you can away from yourself.

I know that balance that I need to have in my life.

I'm pursuing a degree in mental health counseling. It'll be a long journey, and I still want to do music and other creative projects.

My family and friends and career are very important to me, but running allows me to be a better friend, a better family member, and makes me better at my career.

You have to have a life. And life has to go on when your voice shuts down on you and you have to take a break from what you're doing for a career.

You have to take care of yourself so you can manage the workload of a very, very full plate.

I want to create a life that is just healthy and peaceful - an enclave, really, of retreat. It's not helpful for the big picture. It's totally selfish to run away like that.