David Whyte Quotes

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.

I've learned to relax more. Everybody feels pressure in what they do, maybe mine is just a little different because there doesn't seem to be enough hours in the day to accomplish what I want to.

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

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.

A great many people have come up to me and asked how I manage to get so much work done and still keep looking so dissipated.

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

There's never enough time to do nothing!

People who cannot find time for recreation are obliged sooner or later to find time for illness.

I work too hard and don't play enough.

The busier we are the more leisure we have.

I don't think I am a workaholic. I prefer to keep busy. It is better than the alternative.

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

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

I never feel like I should have any time free.

There will always be another email to get through; something to clean up, file, and organize; more errands to do. Which is why balance is so important. Life is a marathon, not a sprint.

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

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!

You gotta know when to be lazy. Done correctly, it's an art form that benefits everyone.

Work. Don't Think. Relax.

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

The whole thing is, do as much as you can, when you possibly can, and don't stress.

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

If any of those times you rushed around madly - trying to get somewhere faster - had ever made any real difference in the quality of your life... don't you think you'd be able to slow down by now?

While the work or play is on, it is a lot of fun if while you are doing one you don't constantly feel that you ought to be doing the other.