Stress Quotes

Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one's mind. (W. Somerset Maugham)
The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another. View quote
William James
Reality is the leading cause of stress among those in touch with it. View quote
Lily Tomlin
In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive. View quote
Lee Iacocca
If you ask what is the single most important key to longevity, I would have to say it is avoiding worry, stress and tension. And if you didn't ask me, I'd still have to say it. View quote
George Burns
There's going to be stress in life, but it's your choice whether to let it affect you or not. View quote
Valerie Bertinelli
Now, if the principle of toleration were once admitted into classical education --if it were admitted that the great object is to read and enjoy a language, and the stress of the teaching were placed on the few things absolutely essential to this result, if the tortoise were allowed time to creep, and the bird permitted to fly, and the fish to swim, towards the enchanted and divine sources of Helicon --all might in their own way arrive there, and rejoice in its flowers, its beauty, and its coolness. View quote
Harriet Beecher Stowe
The child is a realist in every domain of thought, and it is therefore natural that in the moral sphere he should lay more stress on the external, tangible element than on the hidden motive. View quote
Jean Piaget
If a warrior is to succeed in anything, the success must come gently, with a great deal of effort but with no stress or obsession. View quote
Carlos Castaneda
Literacy, the visual technology, dissolved the tribal magic by means of its stress on fragmentation and specialization and created the individual. View quote
Marshall McLuhan
Stress is nothing more than a socially acceptable form of mental illness. (Richard Carlson)
Money doesn't mean anything to me. I've made a lot of money, but I want to enjoy lie and not stress myself building my bank account. I give lots away and live simply, mostly out of a suitcase in hotels. We all know that good health is much more important. View quote
Keanu Reeves
God will never give you anything you can't handle, so don't stress. View quote
Kelly Clarkson
If love does not know how to give and take without restrictions, it is not love, but a transaction that never fails to lay stress on a plus and a minus. View quote
Emma Goldman
Many of us feel stress and get overwhelmed not because we're taking on too much, but because we're taking on too little of what really strengthens us. View quote
Marcus Buckingham
Letting go helps us to live in a more peaceful state of mind and helps restore our balance. It allows others to be responsible for themselves and for us to take our hands off situations that do not belong to us. This frees us from unnecessary stress. View quote
Melody Beattie
I think depression creates in me an urgent need to write, but I also believe that daily stress, and even the positive stress of intense happiness, can compel me to express myself through the written word. View quote
Francesca Lia Block
Never let stress shape your strategy. Most women think better after a brisk walk, a light meal, a massage and a nap. View quote
Barbara Taylor Bradford
If you don't think your anxiety, depression, sadness and stress impact your physical health, think again. All of these emotions trigger chemical reactions in your body, which can lead to inflammation and a weakened immune system. Learn how to cope, sweet friend. There will always be dark days. View quote
Kris Carr
I must stress here the point that I appreciate clarity, order, meaning, structure, rationality: they are necessary to whatever provisional stability we have, and they can be the agents of gradual and successful change. View quote
A. R. Ammons
Everyone has a breaking point, turning point, stress point, the game is permeated with it. The fans don't see it because we make it look so efficient. But internally, for a guy to be successful, you have to be like a clock spring, wound but not loose at the same time. (Dave Winfield)
Being in control of your life and having realistic expectations about your day-to-day challenges are the keys to stress management, which is perhaps the most important ingredient to living a happy, healthy and rewarding life. View quote
Marilu Henner
Stress is basically a disconnection from the earth, a forgetting of the breath. Stress is an ignorant state. It believes that everything is an emergency. Nothing is that important. Just lie down. View quote
Natalie Goldberg
I mean, they call it Stockholm Syndrome and post traumatic stress disorder. And, you know, I had no free will. I had virtually no free will until I was separated from them for about two weeks. View quote
Patty Hearst
Our new economic approach is rooted in ideas which stress the importance of macro-economics, post neo-classical endogenous growth theory and the symbiotic relationships between growth and investment, and people and infrastructure. View quote
Gordon Brown