Ueli Steck Quotes

You know when you read that someone has to leave a show or a tour because they had 'nervous exhaustion'? Well, I had one of those and discovered that I was quite close to death. I always assumed that my lifestyle was going to take me at an early age, but when it was actually occurring I was, 'Not yet!' I pulled back.

Though I still have no semblance of a life outside of Nine Inch Nails at the moment, I realize my goals have gone from getting a record deal or selling another record to being a better person, more well-rounded, having friends, having a relationship with somebody.

Motherhood has helped me to stop overanalyzing things. It's been liberating because I used to be somewhat neurotic. I attribute that to having something bigger than myself.

I had to focus on some personal areas in my life with the little bit of privacy that I have.

Having a child makes you strong and gives you chutzpah. It relaxed my attitude to the job; my center of focus shifted, which I think is very helpful, because even if you're not a very indulgent actor you spend a lot of time thinking about yourself. I don't think that is particularly healthy.

The older I get the more I try not to waste my time on negative energy.

When I passed the age of 50, I learned how to control my emotions.

We in middle age require adventure.

You need a balance in life between dealing with what's going on inside and not being so absorbed in yourself that it takes over.

The older I've got, the easier I've found it to accept myself. I think I've finally learnt not to beat myself up so much.

When you gather up all the balls of life that you try to juggle, it is a very difficult thing to try to focus in on taking good care of yourself. But that's why God invented me - so I can come and teach and preach and make people laugh and give them some education so they can start liking themselves better.

It's all about how can you take care of yourself when furthering your life's goals and ambitions, and purpose and whatever you choose - family, career - to maintain a really balanced, whole, healthy outlook.

In focusing towards the outer world, we celebs forget to focus on our inner well-being. We don't lead perfect lives, and only when we learn to have peace with our family members can we have peace in life.

I'm a real 'go, go' person... I'd make myself crazy by pushing too hard. It's important to pull pack the reins a little bit and get in touch with what's inside.

In the end, we know what makes us happy. We also know what makes us unhappy. That's the irony. We know and yet we still mess it up. That's part of the human condition, no, and why we need to work on it.

I don't think balance is something you get from someone else; it's something women have to find from within. For me, finding balance is still a work in progress.

In therapy I have learned the importance of keeping spiritual life and professional life balanced. I need to regain my balance.

I'm just trying to normalize my life and get ready for the last 20 years or whatever I've got. It's a lot to take care of.

It might seem a psychotic, insane thing, quitting a job after I'd built a great career over eight years, but it was a wake-up call. All too often we ignore those, forget that we don't know how long we're here for and that we need to make the most of every moment.

I try to pace my life out and try not to be too involved with negativity and try to fix what I can fix in my life.

I'm getting older and I'm just coming to terms that I'm stuck with me so I better try to like myself.

I run skills-building programs focused on healthy risk taking, failure resilience, and self-care for undergraduates around the country.

I'm going to be 75 in May. How can I have lived this long and not know anything?

PBS was just such an awesome resource for a child's early development. And now I realize Mister Rogers is also an awesome resource for an adult's development because his philosophies are just timeless and are so relevant and are so important and are so simple and just something we can all grasp onto easily.

When I stuff things down and avoid it or try to work too hard through something that needs to be addressed, that's when life slaps me in the face, and I get told. I got told to slow down.