Relaxing Quotes

"The music helped me focus, there were no words, but the instruments and the melody were uplifting, yet relaxing." 

 from Yanni at the Acropolis 

"Sometimes the most productive thing you can do is relax." 

Mark Black 

"While there's nothing wrong in being very productive (kudos to you!), your brain still needs some rest to be fully operational whenever you need it." 

Debeena Harris, Mindfulness 

"The man who doesn't relax and hoot a few hoots voluntarily, now and then, is in great danger of hooting hoots and standing on his head for the edification of the pathologist and trained nurse, a little later on." 

Elbert Hubbard

"Show me a worrying person and I will show you a person who does not know how to relax." 

Albert E. Cliffe 

"No matter how much pressure you feel at work, if you could find ways to relax for at least five minutes every hour, you'd be more productive." 

Dr. Joyce Brothers

"Work is man's most natural form of relaxation." 

Dagobert D. Runes

"It’s really okay to charge up your battery because if you don't you will run out of energy and power. 

Dyea Smith, Failure Is Fuel

"Remember that in order to be productive you also have to focus on relaxation. 

Bogdan Ivanov, How To Be Super Productive

"Never lose sight of this important truth, that no one can be truly great until he has gained a knowledge of himself, a knowledge which can only be acquired by occasional retirement." 

Johann Georg von Zimmermann 

"Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save." 

Will Rogers 

"Tea bag - to remind you to relax daily and go over your list of blessings." 

Author Unknown, from Daily Survival Kit 

"If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun or relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it." 

Herodotus

 

"Relax your fingers. Relax your hand. Relax your heart. Relax into a slower space, where stakes are by definition lower." 

Maureen Killoran 

"Flowers . . . have a mysterious and subtle influence upon the feelings, not unlike some strains of music. They relax the tenseness of the mind. They dissolve its rigor." 

Henry Ward Beecher 

"Learn to relax. Your body is precious, as it houses your mind and spirit. Inner peace begins with a relaxed body."

Norman Vincent Peale

"To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization, and at present very few people have reached this level." 

Bertrand Russell 

"I'm not saying that leisure is a no-no. In fact, everyone should take time out once in a while to recharge and revitalize their energy. The key is to have a balanced life. Set aside a fraction of your time to carry out your dreams and ambitions." 

Michael Lee 

"If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles." 

Doug Larson 

"This art of resting the mind and the power of dismissing from it all care and worry is probably one of the secrets of energy in our great men." 

Captain J. A. Hadfield 

"Avoid the pressure, just calm down, wear a smile instead of a frown, let life go on in a relaxed way; for tomorrow is another day." 

Dalgit, from Avoid The Pressure 

"Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths." 

Etty Hillesum 

"Nothing is permanent in this wicked world - not even our troubles." 

Charlie Chaplin 

"Kids are happier, more relaxed, more creative and less stressed when scheduled activities are limited." 

Jacquie McTaggart  

"There is more to life than increasing its speed."  Gandhi  "Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are." Chinese Proverb  "Get your rest. Slow down."  Yasmeen Abdur-Rahman  "The mind should be allowed some relaxation, that it may return to its work all the better for the rest."  Seneca  "When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere."  Francois de La Rochefoucauld  "Relaxation means releasing all concern and tension and letting the natural order of life flow through one's being."  Donald Curtis  "Your mind will answer most questions if you learn to relax and wait for the answer."  William S. Burroughs  "Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency. Nothing is that important."  Natalie Goldberg  "A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety."  Aesop  "Try to relax and enjoy the crisis."  Ashleigh Brilliant  "It is necessary to relax your muscles when you can. Relaxing your brain is fatal."  Stirling Moss  "Put duties aside at least an hour before bed and perform soothing, quiet activities that will help you relax."  Dianne Hales  "It is requisite for the relaxation of the mind that we make use, from time to time, of playful deeds and jokes."  Thomas Aquinas