Mike Yaconelli Quotes

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

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

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.

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

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

Keep going on hikes, keep having your friends in your life, keep that downtime sacred as well because as hard as you work in any job, it's really nice to have the relaxing de-stressors. Stress is the worst thing. That's the ultimate demise of any good thing.

I've learned to set boundaries and know when to say, 'I just need to rest.' I'm good at listening to what my body's telling me.

Even nice things don't make you happy when you're tired.

I always try to have something that keeps my mind relaxed, keeps my mind a little bit off tennis.

I'm a person who has a lot of energy. So, yes, I don't really stop to rest or de-stress. I just keep going. I figure that if you don't stop, then you'll never notice how tired you are.

I've always been able to let stuff go when I'm done with work.

For fast-acting relief try slowing down.

Together with a culture of work, there must be a culture of leisure as gratification. To put it another way: people who work must take the time to relax, to be with their families, to enjoy themselves, read, listen to music, play a sport.

Don't think about work in your bedroom or relaxation area.

I've learned that I can't have a packed work schedule and a packed social schedule and a packed personal life; I need to just have time to myself to sit and breathe and unwind.

If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing 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.

Like every normal working person, you get tired and need time out.

I'm really trying to be relaxed on my days off.

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.

If you didn't relax away from your work, you'd tear your hair out in the middle of the night worrying about the next game when it's only a Monday and you're not playing until Saturday.

I think, you think critically all day, you've got a lot of decisions to make, so you've got to make sure that you take a couple of seconds every day to relax your brain a little bit.

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!

It's important to know when we need to stop, reflect, and receive. In our competitive world, that might be called a waste of time.