Juggling Commitments Quotes

I think women today are really struggling with these dual roles: How do you have a full-time career and be ambitious and still take care of your family?

We're a much more touchy-feely, hands-on generation than our fathers but juggling work, family and social life and trying to be romantic and keep yourself fit is really hard. I want to be the perfect dad but you can't be the perfect dad unless you compromise elsewhere.

Dating is pretty hard, since I'm always on the road.

I chose to be a working wife and mother. Why should I compromise on either?

I have yet to hear a man ask for advice on how to combine marriage and a career.

I love what I do, but it is hard to have a personal relationship when you're never home.

I'm an active and involved senator. It's very difficult to do the job I want to do and spend as much time as I want with my kids... It is time for me to be a father first to them, and I realize as I watch them grow and become young adults that I won't be able to get this time back.

I cannot deny that there are unavoidable, day-to-day tradeoffs between being a parent and a professional. There are only so many hours in a day.

You cannot be in charge of a family and run a big company.

I try not to miss anything because of work. And I didn't want to have to say that, because that doesn't sound realistic. But it is. Family has to come first. It has to. Especially for a mom. Because if your family's happy, you can do your job.

What I truly miss the most is having sufficient time to do all the things that need to be done around the house and for our friends.