Don't Overwork Yourself Quotes & Sayings

Instead of going home, I drove to the library. To hell with human beings. I'd always felt safer with stories than with flesh and blood. — Alice Hoffman

Do each day all that can be done that day. You don't need to overwork or to rush blindly into your work trying to do the greatest possible number of things in the shortest possible time. — Earl Nightingale

Loyalty consists of many things, including being truthful with our friends. When you really disagree, you have to say so. — Peggy Noonan

UNDERLYING NEED "COPING" MECHANISM To have support in figuring out your talents Getting stoned to avoid thinking about it To be loved, held, appreciated Negativity, pessimism to "control" expectations To have feelings received Overeating as an attempt at self-soothing To be recognized as mattering Overwork to prove worth To forgive yourself Becoming perfectionistic to try and avoid mistakes To avoid punishment or disapproval Focusing solely on the needs of others so you don't take care of yourself by exercising Rest and rejuvenation Drinking alcohol to excess, "rewarding" yourself with fatty or sweet foods Solitude and contemplation Picking fights so you end up alone Stability in chaos Worrying as a way to feel in control A sense of purpose Overspending in an attempt to find meaning in material things — M.J. Ryan

A thoroughly good relationship with ourselves results in being still, which doesn't mean we don't run and jump and dance about. It means there's no compulsiveness. We don't overwork, overeat, oversmoke, overseduce. In short, we begin to stop causing harm. — Pema Chodron

Don't overwork your squad. If you're going to make a mistake, under-work them. — Bear Bryant

You can plan to be brave - it's even better if you just try to be brave. — Clive Barker

From childhood on, I did sit in the courtroom watching my father argue cases and talk to juries. — Harper Lee

Don't overwork! Enjoy the sacred existence. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Sexiness is about being an individual and having conviction about what that is. — Christina Hendricks

Social media is the most disruptive form of communication humankind has seen since the last disruptive form of communications, email. — Ryan Holmes

What I like about cooking is that, so long as you follow the recipe exactly, everything always turns out perfect. It's too bad there's no recipe for happiness. Happiness is more like pastry - which is to say that you can take pains to keep cool and not overwork the dough, but if you don't have that certain light touch, your best efforts still fall flat.
The work-around is to buy what you need. I'm talking about pastry, not happiness, although money does make things easier all around. — Josh Lanyon

Shine it up real nice, turn it sideways, and stick it straight up your candy ass! — Dwayne Johnson

I don't drink coffee. I've never had a cup of coffee in my entire life. That's something you probably don't know about me. I've hated the taste since I was a kid. — Steven Spielberg

I've always understood the two to be intertwined: sexuality and spirituality. That never changed. — Prince

Our Founders warned against this. They said don't ... that your liberty is only as secure as the people are. Because once they, um, get the ability to vote themselves entitlements from the largesse of the government, liberty is done; freedom is over with. We were warned. We are there. — Sharron Angle

Direct me gods, whose changes are all holy, To where it flickers deep in grass, the moly. — Thom Gunn

Trust in your shadow; and you will find answers to all your questions. — Kristian Goldmund Aumann

Poor Dick was dead! — Charles Dickens

Therefore, the idle parent who wants to stop the whining needs to stop whining himself, and one way is to resist the call to work ever longer and harder hours. Throw your BlackBerry into the river. Unslave yourself. Hard work will not lead to health and happiness. Just ask yourself: would you rather spend your child's first few years playing with them or working for the mega-corp in order to make them profits and you money to buy ribbish you don't need in order to dull the pain of overwork? — Tom Hodgkinson

Random tips that will help you to have peace. Don't do much. Don't overwork yourself. Take a Sabbath; one day a week to do nothing overly hard. Give yourself breaks. Get a massage. Go to the beach. Get outside and walk in the woods. If you don't live by woods, drive to some. Get a pet that will make you laugh. Always remember to have fun and find joy in life. — Lisa Bedrick

Over the years I'd surrendered many vices, among them whiskey, cigarettes, and the various non-Newtonian drugs, but marijuana and I remained steadfast companions. — Michael Chabon