Top 40 Work-Life Balance Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “A man should never neglect his family for business.”

— Walt Disney

Also featured in: Relationship Quotes, Care Quotes, Commitment Quotes, Family Quotes

2. “Work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. The other four balls – family, health, friends, integrity – are made of glass. If you drop one of these, it will be irrevocably scuffed, nicked, perhaps even shattered.”

— Gary W. Keller

Also featured in: Friday Quotes for Work, Quotes About Balance

3. “Work hard, but make time for your love, family and friends. Nobody remembers PowerPoint presentations on your final day.”

— Chetan Bhagat

Also featured in: Love Life Quotes, Common Sense Quotes, Graduation Quotes, Friends Quotes, Family Quotes

4. “Don’t get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life.”

— Dolly Parton

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes, Interesting Quotes, Reflection Quotes, Wisdom Quotes, Sunday Inspirational Quotes

5. “Just as our view of work affects our real experience of it, so too does our view of leisure. If our mindset conceives of free time, hobby time, or family time as non-productive, then we will, in fact, make it a waste of time.”

— Shawn Achor

Also featured in: Happiness Quotes

6. “Love what you do; Do what you love.”

— Wayne W. Dyer

Also featured in: Happiness Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Success, Inspirational Quotes for Work, Career Development Quotes

7. “The most important thing is to enjoy your life, to be happy. It’s all that matters.”

— Audrey Hepburn

Also featured in: Positive Quotes, Happiness Quotes, Short Positive Quotes, Sweet Quotes, Happy Quotes

8. “I am losing precious days. I am degenerating into a machine for making money. I am learning nothing in this trivial world of men. I must break away and get out into the mountains to learn the news.”

— John Muir

Also featured in: Self-Realization Quotes, Purpose Quotes, Nature Quotes

9. “Life is so short, so beautiful. Don’t be so serious about work. Enjoy life.”

— Jack Ma

Also featured in: Sweet Quotes, Life Is Short Quotes, Appreciation Quotes, Being Happy Quotes, Graduation Quotes

10. “No matter how busy you are, or how busy you think you are, the work will always be there tomorrow, but your friends might not be.”

— Anonymous

Also featured in: Life Quotes, Relationship Quotes, Life Is Short Quotes, Caring Quotes

11. “Some 80% of your life is spent working. You want to have fun at home; why shouldn’t you have fun at work?”

— Richard Branson

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes for Work, Quotes About Work, Adventure Quotes, Fun Quotes

12. “Set peace of mind as your highest goal, and organize your life around it.”

— Brian Tracy

Also featured in: Inner Peace Quotes, Values Quotes, Feel Better Quotes, Peace Quotes

13. “Don't let making a living prevent you from making a life.”

— John Wooden

Also featured in: Happy Quotes, Values Quotes, Life Is Short Quotes, Purpose Quotes

14. “God first, family second, career third.”

— Mary Kay Ash

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes for Women, Values Quotes, Firsts Quotes, Inspirational Career Quotes, Family Quotes

15. “I don’t live to work; I work to live.”

— Noel Gallagher

Also featured in: Short Quotes About Life, Live Life Quotes, Life Is Short Quotes

16. “Live with intention. Walk to the edge. Listen hard. Practice wellness. Play with abandon. Laugh. Choose with no regret. Appreciate your friends. Continue to learn. Do what you love. Live as if this is all there is.”

— Mary Anne Radmacher

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes, Positive Inspirational Quotes, Live Life Quotes, Feel Good Quotes, Positive Motivational Quotes

17. “There is virtue in work and there is virtue in rest. Use both and overlook neither.”

— Alan Cohen

Also featured in: Positive Work Quotes, Work Ethic Quotes, Good Morning Inspirational Quotes, Virtue Quotes

18. “Take care of yourself. Eat well, rest, train hard and smart, make time to think and breathe. Be intentional with your time.”

— Kristin Armstrong

Also featured in: Self-Care Quotes, Self-Love Quotes, Wellness Quotes, Fitness Quotes, Smart Quotes

19. “A career is wonderful, but you can’t curl up with it on a cold night.”

— Marilyn Monroe

20. “Slow down and enjoy the journey right now. Take time for the people in your life. They won’t always be there.”

— Joel Osteen

Also featured in: Care Quotes, Perspective Quotes, Good Morning Quotes, Carpe Diem Quotes

21. “Bring your whole self to work. I don’t believe we have a professional self Monday through Friday and a real self the rest of the time. It is all professional and it is all personal.”

— Sheryl Sandberg

Also featured in: Be Yourself Quotes, Identity Quotes, Monday Quotes

22. “Make yourself a priority. Fill yourself up so that you can give more to others.”

— Oprah Winfrey

Also featured in: Self-Care Quotes, Inspirational Quotes for Women, Care Quotes, Self-Love Quotes

23. “Life is short. Don’t miss opportunities to spend time with the people that you love.”

— Joel Osteen

Also featured in: Care Quotes, Life Is Short Quotes, Love You Quotes, Joy Quotes

24. “We hurt people by being too busy. Too busy to notice their needs. Too busy to drop that note of comfort or encouragement or assurance of love. Too busy to listen when someone needs to talk. Too busy to care.”

— Billy Graham

Also featured in: Empathy Quotes, Care Quotes, Be Kind Quotes, Sympathy Quotes

25. “Success is doing what you want to do, when you want, where you want, with whom you want, as much as you want.”

— Tony Robbins

Also featured in: Prosperity Quotes, Coaching Quotes, Fulfillment Quotes, Satisfaction Quotes

26. “Rest when you’re weary. Refresh and renew yourself, your body, your mind, your spirit. Then get back to work.”

— Ralph Marston

Also featured in: Self-Care Quotes, Friday Quotes for Work, Recovery Quotes, Monday Quotes

27. “You always have to remember to take care of yourself first and foremost, because when you stop taking care of yourself you get out of balance and you really forget how to take care of others.”

— Jada Pinkett Smith

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes for Women, Care Quotes, Self-Love Quotes, Wellness Wednesday Quotes

28. “What is this life if, full of care, we have no time to stand and stare.”

— W. H. Davies

Also featured in: Enjoy Life Quotes, Serenity Quotes, Aesthetic Quotes, Carpe Diem Quotes, Life is Beautiful Quotes

29. “The greatest gift you can give someone is your time.”

— Rick Warren

Also featured in: Be Kind Quotes, Service Quotes, I Appreciate You Quotes, Volunteer Quotes

30. “Don’t be so busy making a living that you forget how to live. Work hard to be successful, but enjoy the journey.”

— David Cottrell

Also featured in: Common Sense Quotes, Monday Morning Quotes, Happy Friday Quotes, Happy Monday Quotes, Friday Quotes

31. “No matter what you’ve done for yourself or for humanity, if you can’t look back on having given love and attention to your own family, what have you really accomplished?”

— Lee Iacocca

Also featured in: Wise Quotes, Quotes About Humanity, Family Quotes, Father's Day Quotes

32. “We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own ‘to do’ list.”

— Michelle Obama

Also featured in: Self-Care Quotes, Inspirational Quotes for Women, Focus On Yourself Quotes

33. “Never permit a dichotomy to rule your life, a dichotomy in which you hate what you do so you can have pleasure in your spare time. Look for a situation in which your work will give you as much happiness as your spare time.”

— Pablo Picasso

Also featured in: Enjoy Life Quotes, Contentment Quotes, Artist Quotes

34. “The standard of success in life isn’t the things. It isn’t the money or the stuff. It is absolutely the amount of joy that you feel.”

— Esther Hicks

Also featured in: Manifestation Quotes, Affirmation Quotes, Satisfaction Quotes, Happy Friday Quotes, Joy Quotes

35. “Balance is not something you find, it’s something you create.”

— Jana Kingsford

36. “If you have your health, if you have people in your life to love, you are blessed. Slow down and enjoy the simple things in life.”

— Joel Osteen

Also featured in: Common Sense Quotes, Grateful Quotes, Satisfaction Quotes, Love You Quotes

37. “There’s more to life than basketball. The most important thing is your family and taking care of each other and loving each other no matter what.”

— Stephen Curry

Also featured in: Unconditional Love Quotes, Blessed Family Quotes, Happy Father's Day quotes

38. “Do what you love. Do what makes your heart sing. And never do it for the money. Go to work to spread joy.”

— Marianne Williamson

Also featured in: Passion Quotes, Satisfaction Quotes, Happy Friday Quotes, Love Yourself Quotes

39. “It’s all about quality of life and finding a happy balance between work and friends and family.”

— Philip Green

Also featured in: Enjoy Life Quotes, Wellness Wednesday Quotes, Contentment Quotes, Happy Friday Quotes

40. “Never forget, your family should always have priority over your work.”

— Mary Kay Ash

Also featured in: Family Quotes, Life Quotes for Women, Mother's Day Quotes