Stress Quotes

"Pressure and stress is the common cold of the psyche." Andrew Denton

"Drop the idea that you are Atlas carrying the world on your shoulders. The world would go on even without you. Don't take yourself so seriously." Norman Vincent Peale

"The mark of a successful man is one that has spent an entire day on the bank of a river without feeling guilty about it." Author Unknown

"Sometimes it's important to work for that pot of gold. But other times it's essential to take time off and to make sure that your most important decision in the day simply consists of choosing which color to slide down on the rainbow." Douglas Pagels

“When I hear somebody sigh, ‘Life is hard,’
I am always tempted to ask, 'compared to what'?” Sydney Harris

"from the stress of the city life to stress relief of the country life - a simple life!" Byron & Catherine Pulsifer, from Our Journey

"Stress is not only created by how we see a situation, but also how we react to it. We do, in fact, control our own stress." Catherine Pulsifer, from Your Work and Your Stress

"How many times have you created your own stress? Like many, we often spend far too much time either externalizing the problems we think we have rather than appreciating what we do have." Byron Pulsifer, from Gratitude, Grateful and Thankful

"You can look at challenges as opportunities to do your best, or you can allow challenges to create stress in your life." Catherine Pulsifer, from Does It Really Matter!

“I always tried to turn every disaster into an opportunity.” John D. Rockefeller, Jr.

"One of the main areas that cause people stress is their jobs. If you love what you are doing this will result in less stress." Catherine Pulsifer, from Less Stress by Loving What You Do!

"Have a variety of interests...These interests relax the mind and lessen tension on the nervous system. People with many interests live, not only longest, but happiest." George Matthew Allen

"Is stress your Monday morning diet? For literally tens of thousands of individuals, Monday morning is filled with tasks seemingly accumulated throughout the weekend." Byron Pulsifer, from Is Stress A Killer?

"Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are." Chinese Proverb

"If you are going to give your speech at the start of the event, refrain any caffeine (coffee, tea, coke) as these will exaggerate all the stress responses." Byron Pulsifer, from Stress and Holiday Speeches

"When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened." Winston Churchill

"A few years ago, when I found myself stressed, my colleague asked me the question, "Will this matter in 5 years from now?" Catherine Pulsifer, from One Question to Reduce Your Stress

"Stress relievers don't have to be complicated or expensive. Develop the habit of finding a few simple techniques of your own to keep stress under control." Byron Pulsifer, from Stress Relievers

"If you look at life one way, there is always cause for alarm."Elizabeth Bowen "There are times when the success we try and achieve creates unneccessary stress for us." Catherine Pulsifer, from Success And Stress

"Men for the sake of getting a living forget to live." Margaret Fuller

"Preparation is one of the most important elements to success. Preparation also has the internal benefit of reduced stress." Byron Pulsifer, from Preparation Equals Success

"How you feel, how you react, how much stress you have in your life is in direct relation to how you think." Catherine Pulsifer, from The Quality of Your Thoughts

“If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.” Marcus Aurelius

"Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished." Lao Tzu

"To be free of destructive stress don't sweat the small stuff and by realizing that all stuff is small." Author Unknown

“Every exit is an entry somewhere.” Tom Stoppard

"You never will be the person you can be if pressure, tension and discipline are taken out of your life." James G. Bilkey

“Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept in trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.” Dale Carnegie

“Every problem has a gift for you in its hands.” Richard Bach

"Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency." Natalie Goldberg

“You never will be the person you can be if pressure, tension and discipline are taken out of your life.” James G. Bilkey

"One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important." Bertrand Russell

"The next time you find yourself in an argument, rather than defend your position, see if you can see the other point of view first." 1Richard Carlson, PH.D.

"Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one." Dr. Hans Selye

“Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.” Seneca

"Throw out an alarming alarm clock. If the ring is loud and strident, you're waking up to instant stress. You shouldn't be bullied out of bed, just reminded that it's time to start your day." Sharon Gold

"The happiest people I know are the ones who have learned how to hold everything loosely and have given the worrisome, stress-filled, fearful details of their lives into God's keeping." Charles R. Swindoll

"Practice easing your way along. Don't get het up or in a dither. Do your best; take it as it comes. You can handle anything if you think you can. Just keep your cool and your sense of humor. " Smiley Blanton, MD

Success It is not the position you stand, but the direction in which your look.