R. A. Salvatore Quotes

I think it is important to make sure that I have my real life as well, because Hollywood can certainly seem like an alternate reality sometimes.

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

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.

My private life is perfect. If your private life and your life outside football is good, then it is good on the field for you.

My life is full of drama, and I don't have time to worry about something as petty as what I look like.

Acting's not my whole life. My children definitely come first.

Outside of interviews, I spend very little time thinking about myself. I spend time thinking about my writing and my children and other things that are pertinent.

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.

Having a child makes you strong and gives you chutzpah. It relaxed my attitude to the job; my center of focus shifted, which I think is very helpful, because even if you're not a very indulgent actor you spend a lot of time thinking about yourself. I don't think that is particularly healthy.

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'm a parent, and I try to take care of my health and keep my life in order. In the last few years I've really had to decide what's important to me, and it seems to me that my family and my health are top on the list. And those have nothing to do with show business.

We're not only hockey players. A lot of guys have families and girlfriends. You can't just think about hockey 24-7.

If you want to have a good life, you should focus on your family, on your business, on your dog, on your fun, and you'll have a good life.

Balance is so important in our lives. In our busy world, we can give ourselves balance between thinking and feeling.

I feel like I needed a balance. I don't want to forget about my personal life and spending time with myself.

I have a life beyond performance. I love it, and it probably is the better part of my life, but I do have another life.

Success doesn't mean that you are healthy, success doesn't mean that you're happy, success doesn't mean that you're rested. Success really doesn't mean that you look good, or feel good, or are good.

Being self-critical is good; being self-hating is destructive. There's a very fine line there somewhere, and I walk it carefully.

When you gather up all the balls of life that you try to juggle, it is a very difficult thing to try to focus in on taking good care of yourself. But that's why God invented me - so I can come and teach and preach and make people laugh and give them some education so they can start liking themselves better.

When I joined the Mumfords I made a commitment to them so they'll always come first. But I'm a bit of a workaholic and Communion helps me get a grip on dealing with my life.

For a very long time now I've been saying to young women, 'You can have it all, but not all at the same time.' How important it is to take very good care of yourself, of your mental and physical and spiritual wellbeing; it's hard to do. It's easier to be a workaholic than to have a truly balanced life.

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.

In therapy I have learned the importance of keeping spiritual life and professional life balanced. I need to regain my balance.

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

A person has got to balance work and life and family in order to be a balanced person.