Work-Family Dynamics Quotes

Men should know that no job is more important than their family. I had that all screwed up for a long time. I regret it.

I've always tried to fit what I do professionally into my family, rather than the other way around.

I was one of these people, especially early in my career, who balanced the equation too much in favor of my job; I spent most of my life focusing on that. But becoming a dad gave me back perspective; it brought balance into my life.

When I am not working, my family are the most important.

I think the main thing that I've learned while working on 'Let's Stay Together' is how to balance mommyhood and working.

I don't attend parties. After the day's shoot, I go home and spend time with my family. I never take my work home, and neither do I involve my family in work.

I adore my family; they are my joy. However, I am committed to my work. If, on a Saturday morning when I was ostensibly going to be with the children, and something arose at RADA or at UNICEF or at the orphanage or whatever, I would allow the other pressures to take precedent.

I just try to go to work, and concentrate on coming home to my girls.

I think balancing work and family takes constant adjustment. Its not something you can say you've accomplished and move on.

My parents showed me by example that they could balance their work and family lives.

I prioritize the things that need to get done at work, and I ask myself where I'm spending the majority of my time. The answer to that question always needs to be 'with my family.'

Finding that balance between work and family is the hardest thing I've ever done - by far.

I have a tight family group that's really important to me. I don't want to work all the time.

It's a funny thing - when I'm crazed with work, spending time with my children relaxes me. Yet, at the end of a long weekend with them, the very thing I need to relax is a little work and time away from them!

For me, the family is more important, of course! I don't want to change my family, or situation, for work. But I think it is possible for these things not to fight each other.

I love my work, but there is no price you can put on what you miss when you are away from your kids.

I would never put my job before my family.

When you're with your family you're with them and when you're working you're doing that. I definitely try to separate the time when I'm working and when I have my personal time.

For Mum and Dad... work and home is family, so work is family and home is family. We grew up with that.

It's hard to keep family life and workplace separated.

The assumption that people sometimes make is that I have made a cold, calculated decision to put my career ahead of having family, and that's not true.

Flat-out, the time I wasn't working I was spending with the kids and my husband.

I don't think I would have had much of a career if I didn't have my son.

I used to say during my career that the biggest gift was having my children.