Balance Quote by James E. Faust

I, like Don Quixote, have fought many a windmill.

— Dan Pena

We are not depending on a reed shaken by the wind, but on the Priniciple of Life Itself, for all that we have or…

— Ernest Holmes

“It’s discouraging when, in the midst of a Quixotic life, you realize that the windmill is kicking your ass.”

— Steve Harvey

If you think about Don Quixote, Don Quixote is this guy who wants to live as if he was in a medieval chivalric romance,…

— Elif Batuman

We can’t direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails. For maximum happiness, peace, and contentment, may we choose a positive attitude.

— Thomas S. Monson

Tilting at windmills hurts you more than the windmills.

— Robert A. Heinlein

That wind. I see it's blowing now. Furtive but commanding, it has dictated every move we've ever made. My mother felt it, and so…

— Joanne Harris

Except wind stands as it never stood It is an ill wind turns none to good.

— Thomas Tusser

Let us not be surprised when we have to face difficulties. When the wind blows hard on a tree, the roots stretch and grow…

— Amy Carmichael

When men sow the wind it is rational to expect that they will reap the whirlwind.

— Frederick Douglass

There is, as yet, no sense of pride in the husbandry of wild plants and animals, no sense of shame in the proprietorship of…

— Aldo Leopold

Stability is difficult to attain while the wind still blows. The wind blows where and when it wills. But we must never wait for…

— Terry Mark