Tom Cruise Quotes

My husband is always telling me I need to do less, do less, do less. But I feel like if I'm not being productive, I have a hard time relaxing and enjoying myself.

My productivity is overwhelming!

I never feel like I should have any time free.

When I feel I'm doing too much, I do less if I can.

I've never been very good at slowing down.

Like most women, I work too hard, spend too many hours hunched over a computer, and not enough time taking care of myself.

Are you aware that rushing toward a goal is a sublimated death wish? It's no coincidence we call them 'deadlines.'

My schedule is always tight. But I like to have the pressure of having to finish doing something; it gives me an added edge.

Everybody who knows me is like, 'Dude, you've got to chill out.' I can't not work, given where I want to be.

We need to distinguish between stress and stimulation. Having deadlines, setting goals, and pushing yourself to perform at capacity are stimulating. Stress is when you're anxious, upset, or frustrated, which dramatically reduce your ability to perform.

I'm working over 80 hours a week and have to keep on track.

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

I realized that I have to slow down. I work so hard, I'm so busy.

We are all so busy and constantly trying to save time and balance everything.

Time hygiene is about finding more time for ourselves: to think, to do what we like.

In some ways I was curt because there's an unbelievable amount to accomplish in a day.

I barely get any time for myself.

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.

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

There's this emotion we all feel of being overwhelmed at times, feeling that you can't get ahead. For me it's self-imposed because I'm so driven and I'm always going from project to project.

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

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

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.

The challenge in my life really is keeping the balance between feeling creatively energized and fulfilled without feeling overwhelmed and like I'm in the middle of a battlefield.

I want to be relaxed in my personal life. I really don't like to be hassled.