Under Stress Quotes

• Science has a simple faith, which transcends utility. Nearly all men of science, all men of learning for that matter, and men of simple ways too, have it in some form and in some degree. It is the faith that it is the privilege of man to learn to understand, and that this is his mission. If we abandon that mission under stress we shall abandon it forever, for stress will not cease. Knowledge for the sake of understanding, not merely to prevail, that is the essence of our being. None can define its limits, or set its ultimate boundaries.

  Vannevar Bush

  Faith, Stress, Knowledge

  "Science is Not Enough" by Vannevar Bush, Ch. X, (p. 191), 1967.

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  The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.

  William James

  Happiness, Fear, Stress

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• A women under stress is not immediately concerned with finding solutions to her problems but rather seeks relief by expressing herself and being understood

  John Gray

  Stress, Relief, Problem

  John Gray “Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus”

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  When we long for life without difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds and diamonds are made under pressure.

  Peter Marshall

  Inspirational, Life, Encouraging

  Peter Marshall (1949). “Prayers Offered by the Chaplain, the Rev. Peter Marshall, D.D.: At the Opening of the Daily Sessions of the Senate of the United States During the Eightieth and Eighty-first Congress 1947-1949”

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• Stress is nothing more than a socially acceptable form of mental illness.

  Richard Carlson

  Inspirational, Stress, Relaxation

  Richard Carlson (2016). “You Can Be Happy No Matter What”, p.161, Mango Media Inc.

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• Stress is when you wake up screaming and realize you haven't fallen asleep yet

  Steve Valentine

  Stress, Wake Up, Realizing

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• Don't underestimate the value of Doing Nothing

  A. A. Milne

  Happiness, Being Happy, Retirement

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• The only pressure I'm under is the pressure I've put on myself.

  Mark Messier

  Inspirational, Stress, Hockey

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  In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.

  Lee Iacocca

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Lee Iacocca, William Novak (2011). “Iacocca: An Autobiography”, p.16, Bantam

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• Don't underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can't hear, and not bothering.

  A. A. Milne

  Happiness, Being Happy, Appreciation

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• The key to winning is poise under stress.

  Paul Brown

  Stress, Adversity, Winning

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• Sometimes when people are under stress, they hate to think, and it's the time when they most need to think.

  William J. Clinton

  Happiness, Hate, Stress

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• Power abdicates only under the stress of counter-power.

  Martin Buber

  Stress, Power

  "Paths in Utopia".

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• The mind can go either direction under stress—toward positive or toward negative: on or off. Think of it as a spectrum whose extremes are unconsciousness at the negative end and hyperconsciousness at the positive end. The way the mind will lean under stress is strongly influenced by training.

  Frank Herbert

  Stress, Thinking, Training

  Frank Herbert (2003). “Dune”, p.230, Penguin

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• It seems that we have it backward in our society. We tend to look up to people who are under a great deal of stress, who can handle loads of stress, and those who are under a great deal of pressure.

  Richard Carlson

  Life, Stress, People

  Richard Carlson (1999). “A Don't Sweat the Small Stuff Treasury: A Special Selection for Mothers”, Hyperion

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• Science has a simple faith, which transcends utility... It is the faith that it is the privilege of man to learn to understand, and that this is his mission.

  Vannevar Bush

  Simple, Men, Understanding

  "Science is Not Enough" by Vannevar Bush, Ch. X, (p. 191), 1967.

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• You can't just say there is a god because the world is beautiful. You have to account for bone cancer in children

  Stephen Fry

  Beautiful, Children, Cancer

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• Where'd the days go, when all we did was play? And the stress that we were under wasn't stress at all just a run and a jump into a harmless fall

  Paolo Nutini

  Running, Stress, Fall

  Song: These Streets, Album: These Streets, 2006

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• Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer's day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.

  John Lubbock

  Inspirational, Success, Summer

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• There is not any way that you can just choose the nice bits and say that means there is a God and ignore the true fact of what nature is.

  Stephen Fry

  Nice, Mean, Way

  "The Importance of Unbelief". Big Think Interview, bigthink.com. December 8, 2009.

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• I wrote my thesis on the benefits of war and very near got thrown out of college. But I can show you where the greatest advancement of mankind comes under stress and strain, not comfort.

  Don Young

  Stress, War, College

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• Al Qaeda is not the organization now that it was before. It is under stress organizationally. Its leadership spends more time trying to figure out how to keep from getting caught than they do trying to launch operations.

  Cofer Black

  Stress, Organization, Trying

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• The better work men do is always done under stress and at great personal cost.

  William Carlos Williams

  Business, Stress, Writing

  William Carlos Williams (1991). “The Collected Poems of William Carlos Williams”, p.188, New Directions Publishing

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• The capacity of man himself is only revealed when, under stress and responsibility, he breaks through his educational shell, and he may then be a splendid surprise to himself no less than to this teachers.

  Harvey Cushing

  Teacher, Educational, Stress

  Harvey Cushing (1940). “Consecratio Medici: And Other Papers”

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• You can't just say there is a God because well, the world is beautiful. You have to account for bone cancer in children. You have to account for the fact that almost all animals in the wild live under stress with not enough to eat and will die violent and bloody deaths. There is not any way that you can just choose the nice bits and say that means there is a God and ignore the true fact of what nature is.

  Stephen Fry

  Beautiful, Children, Nice

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